AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18197, 18 March 1921, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

WOOLLEN MILLS PROPOSAL. ENDORSED BY LABOUR CAUCUS. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY, March 17. The Sydney Labour Caucus approved of the proposal of the Textile Workers’ Union to convert Parramatta Gaol into woollen mills. e . EFFECT OF STRIKES. ISLAND TRADeTdRIFTING AWAY. SYDNEY, March 17. The Bishop of Melanesia says that the traders and planters in the Pacific Islands are turning their attention to American and English .traders instead of to Sydney traders, owing to. the strikes in Australia. Copra is being shipped by overseas boats, which bring trading goods when returning. THE FLOUR MARKET. CANADIAN COMPETITION. MELBOURNE, March 17. Advices from Canada state that flpur is being offered to the East at £l7 12s 6d per ton f.o.b. Australian is offered at £l9, with freight £1 higher. MINERALS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. OUTPUT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASES. SYDNEY, March 17. The mineral output in New South Wales for 1920 amounted to £11,500,000, an increase of £1.500,000 on the 1919 aggregate. The value of the mineral won up to 1920 was £422,000,000. The coal output increased bv 25 per cent. The gold won amounted to 15.000,000 ounces, valued at £63,000,000. The pigiron production reached 85,006 tons, valued at £550,000. GIPPSLAND BUSH FIRES. ANXIETY ALLAYED. MELBOURNE, March 17. (Received March 17, at 10 p.m.) Anxiety regarding the bush fires in Gippsland have been allayed, 2in of rain having fallen. The dairying industry is at a standstill, as the cattle have to be hand-fed. MR STOREY IN LONDON. LONDON, March 16. (Received March 17, at 8.15 p.m.) Mr Storey (Premier of New Soutn Wales) addressed 100 members of both Houses in. the House of Commons to-day. His subjects were ” A White Australia,” “ Proportional Representation,” “ Government Housing Plans,” “ Compulsory Fair Rents,” and “ The Nationalisation of Industries.” He spoke for three-quarters of an hour, the proceedings being private. A. and N.Z. Cable.