AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22203, 5 March 1934, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

'■" Migration figures. , SYDNEY, March 3.; The migration arrivals in Australia in 1933 were 47,791 and the departures 48,018. , ■_ CHAIN STORES. SYDNEY' March 3. The State Cabinet has requested the Minister of Labour 1 to inquire into the operations of chain stores and the cash: and-carry system in, the metropolitan area. ; Complaints are made that many retail, businesses are seriously affected and may be forced out of existence. .-''''" • • . -.' • -\ '• NATIONALISTS IN N.S. WALES. SYDNEY, March 3. Speaking at Armidale, Dr Earle Page, replying to a. question as. to whether he would make an agreement with the Nationalists for the next election, said: "How can we enter into an agreement with people who have not honoured the existing agreement?" The meeting reaffirmed the need for. cutting New South Wales into smaller Federal units with full self-governing powers and the early elimination of the overlapping of powers as between the Federal and State authorities. •" -' ■. ■ '■":'■ i - : -*." : ', EDUCATION RESEARCH. ■ -rt— ■ .'-'.'■ ■ ' MELBOURNE, March' 3. (Received March 4, at 6.30 p.m.) Tests of 40,000 children in 700 schools in Australia which Were carried out for the Australian Council for Education Research, reveal that boys solve arithmetical problems more easily than girls, but girls are superior in addition. The Queensland children show better average attainment in arithmetic than the children in other States. FATALLY INJURED. ' STRUCK BY 151 b SHOT. BRISBANE, March 3. (Received March 3, at 6.30 p.m.) Accidentally struck on the head by a 151 b shot, which was thrown by a competitor at a sports meeting, Frank Perske, aged 50, was fatally injured. Perske was bending down, measuring the distance of a shot thrown by a competitor, when another competitor hurled the shot. Perske was too preoccupied and failed to hear the warning cries. The shot struck him on the back of the head. «