AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18454, 16 January 1922, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. ' QUESTION OP POSTPONING \ .. Election. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 14. It 'is understood that. Mr Doolfiy coptemplatea resigning’ if the Caucus agrees to Mr M'Girr’s proposal to postpone the elections for 12 month* It is suggested that Mr Dooley has befen offered the position of Agent-General. , NEW COMMONWEALTH LOAN. A PROMPT ACCEPTANCE. LONDON, January 13. The commonwealth loan will be advertised on Sunday. The final instalment of 40 per cent, will be payable on March 23, and six months’ interest on September I.—A. and N.Z. Cable. . The Australian Press Association learns that New South Wales was listed by the underwriters for a £5,000,000 loan this week, but the New South Government unexpectedly requested a postponement, whereupon the vacant date was offered to the commonwealth, which promptly accepted upon 48 hours’ notice. —A. and N.Z. Cable. LONDON, January 14. (Received Jan. 15, at 5.5 p.m.) The Financial Ne\Va states that the Stock Exchange is inclined to thiijk' that the terms offered in connection with the commonwealth loan are not over-generous. —A. and N.Z. Cable. MR HUNTER’S HEALTH. / LONDON, January 10.** Mr J. M. Hunter, Agent General for Queensland, became unwell while on a holiday in Guernsey, and returned to London at the week-end. His doctors arc apprehensive of a serious nervous breakdown, and have ordeAd him to take a complete rest in a nursing home. RESTRICTION OF MEAT PRICES. SYDNEY, January 14. It is claimed that the Profiteering Prevention Court «has saved the public £375,833 during the last half-year by the fixation of meat prices. It is estimated that a million pounds of meat are consumed weekly in the metropolis. , EFFECTIVE RAT CRUSADE. SYDNEY, January 13. A hopeful indication of the effectiveness of the rat crusade is that no infected rodents have been caught lately. A fatal case of plague is reported at Townsville. ROUND THE WORLD IN A YACHT. - SYDNEY, January 14. The motor yacht Speejacks, which left New York bn August 21, has arrived after an adventurous voyage of 11,000 miles. Mr A. Y. Qowen (of the Cleveland Yacht Club, New York), with his 'wife and two friends, comprise the crew, and the object is to circumnavigate the globe in this tiny craft;. THE TTRTSCEKE MURDER. MELBOURNE, January 13. Colin Ross, who was charged wit|i the murder of Alma Tirtschke, was remanded till January 21.