AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

JSlec. Tel. Copy.rlghi-Onlt<*d .ftess Assu.l .-,«.■ --„ ■■ SYDNEY, Aug.. 25. - hai L^S^^^etaens conference tember? P^ 011 * d m SepThe Hon. J. ; Dunn*; speakine at the « Farmers' Conference.' stateVhe^thnat^ the coming- wheat crop "at 40,000,000 bushels, which would, realise £20,000,000 Ihe Govormneht proposed to legislate to compulsonly acquire the crop andprevent private trading i ra .wheat. thi-T have repudiated the Trade Hall irritation strike Scheme • f SYDNEY, Aug. 25. At Newcastle the English .footballers defeated Newcastle Yby 17 to 10 of ™J£? gave notice of motion that the time had arrived for 'S3 Syr ° f ■%* St * te P^liament and substitution of a national ' Parlia-' ment, with full sovereign rghts to U* Government and the Australian nation! .. (Received August 26. 10.20 am) 7 ■ThA> 7 S > TD NEY, A-ugdst <k. ihe coroners j ury inquiry into the w\^ ,1, l ra ! IWay C °. ,Hsio "' that i £??• i F nal a *. B lveri through defect tive lighting of the railway yard : aSo driver of the second trS/knew the , notified the signalman before attempting to shunt. I'h*. jury expressed opinion. that the safety work of the department was very hwc tr^

Mr Storey, announced that -the Laborcandidate who was a runner-up m the v Murray electorate, will be appointed to the vacancy caused by Mr Beeby's resignation, after the censure debate hae been concluded.

MrDumiy Minister of Agrioulture at the Farmers' Conference; stated' that the estimated wheat yield for- the coming liar vest was f oily . million bushels' against four millions m I_l9, an d it should be worth, 'ten shillings a bushel • MELBOURNE, Aug. 25.* Mr. Hughes saW the visit of "the Federal Parliament delegation to the Pacific islands m connection with the acceptance of mandatory powers had been indefinitely postponed owing to the. Labor l arty declining representation 7 n n, „ . MELKOURm Av'gnsi 26. me Commonwealth Shipping Line has made over a million profit since its inauguration nearly three years ago, but lost, heavily m 1919 owing to the seamen s strike. : v

M r Hughe, announced' that the Government is introducing legislation remedying a defect m the system of levying duties on goods affected ' by foreign exchange. • ..-..' .- J A proclamation will, shortly be issued declaring peace between, the Common.wealth and Austria.

| ..Mr Hughes, referring to Judge Higgins' hint about retirement said it was a most improper suggestion. The Judiciary and Parliament ehould. not comment -on the functions of each other _ . „ BRISBANE, August 26.' . Doctor Cumpston, Director of Quarantine, urged the Medical Congress that practical steps be taken againet preventable diseases. The Government should back up an elaborate scheme, insisting not only on competent medical advice, but an efficient administrative staff to insure treatment being carried out.