AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10780, 31 May 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[By Electric Teleghaph—Copykigiit.J CPeb Pp.ess Association.) A TOTAL WRECK. R<'ci-ivi'd May :<O. at 10.10 p.m. Sydney. May IjlJ. Tin- I'lider-v. riter-' A-Mi.-iation is ad-vi-ed that the Oerman-Au-t ralian liner Itzehoe. which recently went ashore at AL'oa Bay (Africa) is a tola! wreck, with little hope of salvage. TO POLICE THE PACI I'IC. Sydney. May fjv arrangement with ihe Admiralty I h>" v.at.-hip Torch has been detailed to police th>' waters of Briti.-h possessions and protectorate.- in the Pacific. ' THE PR I NT! NO TRADE. Sydney. May lit). The award granted hv the Country Printing Hoard allows apprentices and 1 journeymen to operate type-setting machines. The wages granted are lower than those ruling in tlic city, and the award is likely to have a serious effect on the printing trade. RED-TAPE RAMPANT. . . Sydney, May 30. Giving evidence before the Works Department, the Commissioner, as. a witness, in illustrating the delay in getting an order passed l).v the Department for supplies, instanced a .case, where.'lß operations were necessary. ' SAVINGS BANK LOAN. Melbourne, May 30. Tenders for the savings bank loan of half a million at 3.1 per centum with a minimum of 96 have been opened. The oubiic tendered for £161,600 'at ail average of £O6 0s 6d, tlie Savings Bank Commissioners, taking the balance at par. COLD SNAP IN SYDNEY. Sydney, May 30. The thermometer in Sydney this morning was 41deg., the lowest reading since 1872. There have been snow falls in many parts of the upland districts. NO PROFITS IN TUGBOATS.

.Sydnc.v, May 30. The" evidence before the Industrial Court disclosed the fact that the tugboats at Sydney were rim at a loss, due to the severity of the' competition' an<l the disappearance of sailing vessels.

THE USE OF WIRELESS. Sydney. May 30. One of the first examples of the use of wireless for general purposes was afforded by an Uliinaroa message, sent when 500 miles from port, and delivered within half air hour of its despatch.: TREATMENT OF TUBERCULAR CATTLE.

Received. May 31,: at. 10.25 a.m. Sydney, May 30. A stock owner at Cooma reports the successful treating of tubercular cattle. The authorities are investigating.

TRAIN ACCIDENT. Brisbane, May 31. While a train was passing from a loop to a line at Pengarrjvnear Toowooniba tlie catch at- the points opened and two carriages and a guard's van were derailed. One rarriage and a van overturned and five passengers were injured, none seriously.

PROFESSOR GILRUTII'S VALUE Melbourne, May 31.

Professor Gilruth, of Melbourne University. is about to make a research expedition in the Northern Territory to study ticks and worih nodules.' ARRESTS INCREASED IN SYDNEY. Received May 31, at 9.10.a.m. Sydney, May 31. The police report of last year shows an increase of 2G07 arrests and summons cases, and an increase of 29 in desertions of wives and' children.^ SUNDAY PICTURES. Sydney, May 31. The Acting Chief Secretary declined the request of the picture-show proprie--tors regarding Sunday shows, stating that they had given no reason for preference over other businesses.