AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 September 1924, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FORESTRY CONFERENCE,

BY CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT m - ■= ’ V SYDNEY, Sept. 15. , . ae Australasian forestry conference its sittings. It decided that the next conference be held in yictoria in 1926. Confidential resolutions relating to that' conference and also to . the Empire forest conference, which it. is desired should be held in ; Australia in, 1928, were agreed to. 'w-Among otheri resolutidhs'w'as one that -■ “ wa ® essential for the development : of forestry that a Bchool for professional training should be established for the h i )le i. of Aus * ralia an d New Zealand, conference recommended that ““build be associated with a university within the Commonwealth.—Aus.N:Z. Cable Assn.

STOLEN GOODS RECEIVED,

' , '; ; , SYDNEY, Sept. 15. ? Following upon a large number of niotor ear.and silk shop robberies, the police in two raids recovered fifteen cars, arrested five, youths and brought t,6 light £IOOO worth of silk goods, the proceeds of. recent robberies. Most of;, the car robberies are attributed to youthful joy-riders, who generally abandon the cars undamaged. JNSURANUE OF MOTOR CARS. !; MELBOURNE, Sept. 15. -As the result of the alarming frequenciy of claims and the resultant heavy; payment for damaged motor ears, the leading insurance companies have, decided in the future not to pay damage; claims. Instead the cars will be rebuilt or the damaged parts replaced. MONEY IN OPOSSUMS. J- BRISBANE, Sept. 15. In the Assembly, Mr Gillies, Secretary for Agriculture and Stock, stated that the yearly income from the sale of opossum skins from 1917 to 1923 amounted to £3Q0,000. It was proposted to charge a royalty of Id per skin. This source of wealth was pratically equal r to a gold yield. KING’S PRIZE. .? \ BRISBANE, Sept. 15. S A check, of figures in the King’s Prize Match showed* that J. Clancy the winner, with Barclay one point behind.—Aiis.-N.Z. Cable Assn.