AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15221, 20 May 1920, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

am Elec Tel Copyright- United Press Assn.) . SYDNEY, May 19. The mine-sweeper Geranium, which left with the fleet to meet the Renown to receive the Prince, returned to port with one case and three suspects of influenza aboard. She has been quarantined. In a match against Chatswood the Auckland bowlers were beaten by 153 points to 119. '(Received! May 20, 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 20. A statement issued by Mr Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, shows that to date the Government has distributed £776,200 in loans to distressed farmers. # A company is being formed to establish an air service between Sydney and Bathurst. BRISBANE, May 19. Baynes, the Queensland sculler, who was chosen as the- Olympic representative, has notified the committee that he will be unable to make the trip. BRISBANE, May 20. The Government has decided m future to exclude non-unionist teachers from the advantages gained by the teachers' union. MELBOURNE, May 20. .The Federal Government is relinquishing control of coal. The House of Representatives read a first time a Bill authorising the expenditure of twenty millions on war services. Mr Hughes announced that the Government would not extend the moratorium. Tlie State Government has provisionally approved of the establishment of a State orchestra.