AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15275, 24 July 1920, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

>•■ — y Elec. Tel. Conyrignt— United Press Assu. • BRISBANE, July ' 23. 'Ihe Government has issued an order fixing the price of board and lodging during the Prince's visit. The action is the outcome of prices being increased iii' some instances from 100 to 200 per cent. (Received July 24, 9.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 24. Mr. Bean, official Australian war correspondent, lecturing at a, picture display, referring to Sir lan Hamilton t diary, said it was qviite ti'ue as far a*: it went that the possibilities of evacuation of Gallipoli were considered at the end of the first day after lafidj»g, as it was reported that the Australasian troops were crumbling. There was mdfre to be added to the story, but it was not true that the Australians were crumbling. Necessary corrections of statements would be Ifc was true the Navy was asked if it could conduct the evacuation on the day <5f the landing. Mr. McGirr told a deputation asking for the replacement of a man whose place was filled by a loyalist during the 1917 strike' that any loyalist who displaced a unionist during the strike should now be asked to stand down. The press protests against the breaking of a solemn promise, of the previous Government to stick to the loyalists. ' . ' . ; SYDNEY, July 23. The Land newspaper has lodged an appeal against, the . verdict of £2000 awarded to Senator Ashf ord for alleged libel. (Received July 24, 12.45 p.m.) SYDNEY. July 24. Mr. Fish, managing director of Wireless Amalgamated, says that it is practicable to conduct a wireless telephone service between Australia an^ New Zealand. He could safely say that within, a few years there would "bo telephonic communication between ' Sydney and London. (Received July *24,. 9.50 a.m. MELBOURNE, July 24. A flood of divorce petitions continues. Since January 811 have been lodged. One firm' has established a record with one hundred. A conference of cheese producers ot New South' .Wales decided m favor of the continuance of the cheese pool during the ensuing season. The Federal Government last year expended £1V,477,000 on repatriation oper. ations, including £11,236,000 on land settlement. The. annual report of the Victoria Racing Club shows that tho stakes paid tot-* ailed £81,690, and increase of. £10,083, and the profits were over £10,000 above the previous year. The Club proposed to establish an insurance fund to compen•Kato injured racing employees and indemnify owners' and trainers against claims under the cdinpulsory clauses of the Workers' Compensation Act. A Bill has been' 'introduced m the Federal Parliament to amend the Public ( Service Act. The main features are that the Service will be placed under the control of a board of management with extended powers, and the adjudication of disputes be transferred- from tho Arbitration Court to specially appointed arbitrators. • Another Bill to amend tho Quarantine Act gives power to the Commonwealth, m emergency, to supersede the State quarantine regulations and extend the law to air navigation. It increases the restrictions^ on landing passengers, and extends the power of inoculation, to include any prophylactic. MELBOURNE, July 23. After ■ furtflier conferences with the (Jas Companies and the strikers, Mr Lawson states that a settlement is probable to-morrow. PERTH, July 23. A mass meeting of Civil Service strikers rejected the Government's latest offer. The strike continues.