AUSTRALIAN NEWS
Ministerial Vacancy For the vacant portfolio of Trade | and Industry in the Federal Cabinet § tho name of Mr. Manning, partywhip, is mentioned. Transport Problem The transport problem is proving*a : : very difficult one for the New South Wales Government to solve. After a full day's sitting, Mr. Bavin annduaecd that no decision had been reached. One section of the Cabinet is against State buses and interference with pri- 1 vate enterprise. Plane Crashes An aeroplane of the New > South | Wales Aero Club crashed at ißieh- l mond. Mr. Palmer,, a member of the »| Club, who was piloting the machine, and Mr. Hunter, a passenger, escaped ! injury, but the plane was"damaged to the extent of about £l5O. - '- Native Bear The Australian native bear.is being | rapidly wiped out by trappers. Last 1 season 192,820 skins were sold in the il London market, and since 1924 over ! two niillion skins ha,ve. beeu exported, f Steamer in "Trouble The steamer Loongana, on the voyage from Lauiieeston, picked up an ap- | peal for - assistance" ~from . a small steamer disabled, and; drifting:/near Lakes Entrance. The message was | transmitted, to the Oonah, and by hef 1 to the Larrima, which latter vessel set " a course for the drifting steamer. . Coal Contracts Mr. Fleming, Chief Civic Commassioner at Sydney, announces that ' Judge Compton has been appointed a commissioner to investigate the coal jj contracts of the City Council, to find ', out whether there has been corruption, dishonesty, or interference on the part of any persons. The commission sits on August 3. Eighty separate con- ■ tracts have to-be investigated, and this may occupy, the commission for nearly six months. , Salvage Operations j The stranded.steamer Uralhvis wow partly afloat, and has been moved_l2rt p seawards. The vessel was bought for | £I6OO, and the salvor, after" using • some of the" vessel's cargo of turpetr- | tine piles to stiffen the ship, set-, the 1 propellers moving and commenced haulage on the kedges. It is ex- ;i pected the Uralla will be got off, ; and when afloat, she should be wd|th £IO,OOO. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16705, 24 July 1928, Page 7
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