AUSTRALIAN NEWS
PREMIERS CONFER. (Australian Press Association). SYDNEY, • May 24. A preliminary gathering of Premiers of all States took place in Sydney today, prior to attending a Conference at Canberra next week. They announce various important decisions. It was decided to urge the Commonwealth Government to impose an excise duty on petrol arriving in Australia, the proceeds to be distributed among States in proportion to the petrol used in each instance. A question compelling small coastal vessels engaged wholly in domestic trado in any particular State to use wireless, was considered, and the States concerned are to he asked to formulate suggestions. It was resolved that steps he taken to transfer to the Commonwealth certain uniform powers in regard to tho control of aviation. It was resolved to urge the Commonwealth that the operations of tho Commonwealth Savings Banks Agencies should 'be transferred to the States. EMPIRE DAY. SYDNEY, May 24. They.city was beflaggodyfor Empire Day, and ' celebrations at fc&hools ! iyere marked by addresses by public men. L_ ' 'lt !“, N.Z. AUTHORESS-1 4 SUCCESS WITH LONDON H v j., SYDNEY, |lay 4Miss Mona Gordon, the New Zealand authoress, who arrived.- in; ‘Melbourne by the Baradine from' England, states that the first novel she has written, entitled “Torn Tapestry,” has been accepted by the Fowler Wright Coy, publishers of novels. The setting is partly English and partly New Zealand,and covers the long period from 1752 to the present day.
ODDFELLOWHIP. BRISBANE,, ( May 24. At the Australian .Conference ol Miio Grand Lodge of the independent Order of Oddfellows, Mr L. Deans ititchie (New Zealand) wafii elected Grand Sire; Mr AV ’A.* Watson (N.S.W.) Deputy Grand Sire, and; Mr M. E. Cantor (\v estvalia), Treasurer, and Air W. Newton' (N.S.W.) Secretary. . : s -\t i■ - : £IO,OOO IN PRIZES. $ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S OEI*ER SYDNEY, March 24. The Commonealth Government -has decided to offer prizes valued at £lO,000, the first of which will be' £SOOO, for Australian films;' composed on Australian themes and scenarios. y f
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19290525.2.48
Bibliographic details
Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1929, Page 5
Word Count
328AUSTRALIAN NEWS Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1929, Page 5
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in