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Northern Advocate, 11 August 1948, Page 4

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OTTAWA.—optimistic feeling prevails in Australia and New Zealand shipping circles in Ottawa that the shipping season > wil» wind up better than was expected, in spite of the 50 per cent cut in newsprint and other Canadian purchased. ' Shipments to Australia and New Zealand this year are expected to be slightly more than | the anticipated 70,000 i tons. More cargoes for j Australia and New Zeai land are being shipped I from Eastern Canadian j ports this year than ever before. An official said that although the same number of New Zea-land-bound '■ freighters j have left Canaoa w this j year so far, smaller j cargoes are being ship- ! ped because of the doli lar restrictions. ■« « ■ ! SETTLERS MELBOURNE.— New ! settlers arriving in Aus- [ tralia are maintaining a j ratio of two to one in I favour of Britons, acI cording to the Minister ! of Immigration (Mr A. ! A. Calwell). j Of 27,441 permanent j settlers arriving in Australia during the first half of this over 18,000 were British. • With a substantial improvement in shipping j promised for the latter j half of the J’ehr, he was confident that the total intake of settlers this year would reach 70,000. “I hope to see Australia’s population reach 20,000,000 in my lifetime,” he added. * * • CRASH WELLINGTON. A statement to the House of Representatives by the Minister in ' harge of Civil Avistioi® (Mr Jones) on the nature of the inquiry to be held i into the crash of the | freight transport plane j Parera was requested (yesterday by Mr M. H. j Oram (O—Manawatu). j Mr Oram also asked I the Minister for an assurance that the Director of Civil Aviation would be allowed to lead the case for the Air Department, and asked for a statement as to what certificates were issued, in respect of the machine. * » » PETROL NAPIER.—“When you see the number of cars going out to the races and other plaPSs, full of women, it makes you wonder that we should ibe turned down on a vital subject £ikq this,” said Mr R. J. Heays at i a meeting of the North- ’ ern Hawke’s Bay Rab- ’ bit Board. i Concern was express- ; ed at the decision of the Oil Fuel Controller to allow the boari 17 gal- ] lons of petrol a month, , half the amount re- } quested for travelling ( purposes. It was decided to renew the application. * * " . BREWERY l DUNEDIN. Con- ' sent was granted by the 1 Dunedin ,<Sales Committee -yesterday for the sale of the Dunedin Brewery and Wilson Malt Extract Co., Ltd., to R. Powley and Co., Ltd., for a consideration of £47,000. This amount was apportioned by consent into land and buildings (including a special water supply), £11,600, plant-and machinery, £7500, casks, £4500, and goodwill, £23,400. * * • TOUR WELLINGTON.-i-Pre-parations for the visit of the King and Queen and Princess Margaret are already being made by the police* force of the Dominion. This is revealed in the annual : report of the Commis- ] sioner of Police (Mr J. j Cummings), who states that many problems which will arise as a re- 1 suit of the tour were i fully discussed at the annual conference of officers in charge of the ] various police districts, j held in Wellington in ( May. « i < WEATHER An anti-cyclone is over \ the northern Tasman. A cold front is moving east- 1 wards over the south Tasman. Forecast to 5 p.m. on Thursday: Moderate so uth-westerlies. A few isolated showers today, but weather fair tomorrow. Temperatures moderate. , . _ Further outlooK: Fair. Therm., 8 a.m. • ■ 50 deg. Barom,, 8 a.m. •• 30.35 RAINFALL— At 8 a.m. today .OOin. August fall August average .. 0.58 in. Year’s fall 35.12 in. Yearly average .. 64.02 in. ; TIDES— : Town Wharf—Wed.. 11: 12.27, 12.56; Thu.. 12: 1.17, Wliangarei Heads, deduct 43m.; Hokianga, add 2h. ' 11m.; Awanun deduct 3m.; J Mangonui, 5m.; Bay of j Islands, 14m. SUNRISE, SUNSET— ‘ Wed., 11: 7.9. S- 43 : Thu., i 12: 7.8, 5.44.

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