AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10301, 8 March 1905, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

.'Press Asbii.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) . M xt SYDNEY, March 7. At the Navigation Conundssion, Mr Grayson, .secretary of the Steamship Ow. iters' Federation, was examined regarding the manner of . the 'stokehold's. He said the Federation did not believe the adoption of a statutory scale, either as hud down m. the Now Zealand Act or the lire grate area basis, as provided irt the Navigation Bill. It was 'not possible to define ittiy particular scale by statute. It , must be governed by the conditions existing on different ships. If there must be a definite, system, he would follow the New Zealand manning scale. Asked if he advocated tlie New Zealand system, because it was the cheapest, he retorted that he did not advocate it ,• he onily preferred it because it was the only one so far as ho knew that. had a manning scale.

Air Justice Cohen declined reappointment to the Presidency pf the Arbitration Court. ' .

(Received! March 8, 9.29 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 8. Before the Navigation Commission eyideuce was given that Germany spent six millions m Australia and sent out m return 2£ inillifon; pounds Avorth of goods. New South -Wales imports last year were valued at £13,134,000, whereof £978,000 was. from British possessions, New Zealand's share being £862,000 j her exports were £23,089,000, products arid' manufac tures representing £15,230,000, and gold £4,958,000. New Zealand's share of this was £925,000 M.

MELBOURNE, March <VObituary-: Sir Benjamin Benjamin, *exMaybr of* Melbourne.

BRISBANE, March 8. A plague patient has died. PERTH, March 8.

Hodge was sentenced' to five years' imprisonment for stealing £3000 from the Westralian Bank.

The P. «j,nd 0. steamer China brought a heavy English mail, including 27 bags for New Zealand.