THE FAR EAST

Southland Times, Issue 18935, 23 September 1920, Page 5

THE FAR EAST

j SERIOUS RISINGS IN FORMOSA. l (By Telegraph.— Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association.) TOKIO, September 21. Serious uprisings are reported in Formosa. M: my were killed in fighting with (ho natives and buildings were burned.

PRODUCTION AND VALUES. COMMONWE ALTIi STATISTICS. (By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyrieht. i (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) j MELROLRNF, September 22. j Giving evidence at the 44-hour week in- | quiry an oil:err of the Conmionwealth i Statistician's Department submit ted figures i showing that poods now cos-tiny wholesale lover £2 were purchasable in I'.W) for £l. Comparin'? ;hc years 1013 and 1018-10 the j Commonwealth’s output decreased 20 j cent., the value of such output being I £161,250,000 and £127,000,000 respectively, l The area tinder wheat decreased 3,200,000 acres. Cattle decreased by 100,000, sheep ■by 10,000,000, wool by 00,000,0001b, butter ! 17.000,0001b. If prices had remained un- , changed the value of general products for 101S 10 would have been £177,750,000, ; compared with £218,250,000 in 1013. I Hoard tit Trade evid, nc'- disclosed that ; clothing and footwear have advanced 25 I per cent, compared with 1010 prices. I j FEDERAL POLITICS. : QUEENSLAND TIM HER TRANSACTION. MELBOURNE, September 22. J In the House of Depresent atives, the War i Service Homes Bill was read a fccoini tune. I Mr Blakely, discu.vang the Queensland j timber purchase, raid the Queensland Gov--1 eminent four years ago offered the same i property for £!>"•,000 lc.-s, and since then | 30,000,000 Let of limber had been taken I off. i Mr Ryan said he did not remember the • offer being made while he was Premier of ; Queensland, hut he advocated that a com- ; mission should inquire into the deal. | 11.M.A.5. MELBOURNE. | FLAGSHIP OF THE FLEET. | MELBOURNE, Sep I ember 22. I Commodore. ! >mnman'-' r i l)oiste<! his flay ■ aoonrrl the warship Melbourne, which now : displaces the Australia as, the ilagship. j VICTORIAN ASSEMBLY. 1 FARMERS’ INCOME TAX. j ?iIF.T,BOURNE, September 22. 1 The Assembly pasced a resolution on the | motion of Mr Wearne (Leader of the I’m--1 gressives i that ihe Income Tax Ac: he : amended to tax farmers on average earn- ' ings for five years and allow for !ns.sr.=. I AVIATION ACCIDENT. | AIRMAN AND PASSENGER INJURED. | BRISBANE, September 22. j An aeroplane, with Lieutenant Bartlett in 1 charge and carrying two passengers, came | to grief at an altitude of 5000 feet when j Hying between Tarnoni and Gayndah, the 1 engine failing. The machine crashed into I a t reo. I Lieutenant Bartlett broke a leg in three I places and one passenger was also severely ■ injured. Both are inmates of the Taroom i hospital. | THE ESCAPED NUN. ( NO WISH TO SKi: HER BROTHER. ( SYDNEY. Sep'emlier 22. | Miss Partridge, the escaped nun, interi viewed, said die had no wish to see her ■brother at present, as she felt ho was cn--1 deavouring to lake her hack to conventual j life. She preferred the, company of those I who had befriended her until she was strong ! enough to return to Ireland. I | A CYCLONIC STORM. ‘ TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED. MELBOURNE, September 22. j A cyclonic storm occurred at Chi’ tern, ‘on the main telegraphic line, Sydney to j Melbourne, and has dislocated inter-State communication. The storm was of such force that it. blew a house over, and others ■ were unroofed. I i CLANDESTINE BOOKMAKING. i j ADELAIDE, September 22. ! Mr Barwell, the Premier, informed a de--1 putation that he was introducing drastic ' legislation to obliterate clandestine hnok- • making, which still existed despite the law 1 absolutely prohibiting bookmakers in the State. The new legislation would provide a heavy penalty for a first offence and itn- ! prisonment for subsequent offences-. MR HOLMAN’S LIBEL ACTIONS. SYDNEY, September 22. (Received September 22 8.40 p.m.) A further action in which Mr Holman was claiming £SOOO from the Tweed daily newspaper arising from the same fact which was the basis of the previous ca.sc, has been seti tied, the newspaper withdrawing the impti- • rations and donating a sum to a hospital ! fund.