AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 18963, 9 June 1923, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, June 8. The Irish envoys’ case was adjourned until Friday to give defendants an opportunity of perusing the Crown evidence. Timber mills at Hurstville owned by Walters, Middleton and Eades, were destroyed by fire. The damage amounts to £30,000. The Postmaster-General has announced that regulations will be issued shortly governing wireless broadcasting and conserving the rights of newspaper proprietors concerning news published from day to day. He contended that proprietors going to the expense of maintaining a staff for news gathering had a normal right to the news even after publication. SYDNEY, June 8. The Morning Herald, dealing with the decrease in trade between Australia and the Pacific Islands, publishes figures showing that in 1920 imports of Australian goods to Samoa totalled £187,000, to Tonga £150,000, to Fiji £536,000 sterling. In 1922 these totals fell respectively to £105,000, £46,000, and £422,000. Trade with other Islands similarly decreased. The Herald strongly urges the need of efforts to stop this trade drift. « SYDNEY, June 8. (Received June 8, 10.45 p.m.) The Federal Board, which has been inquiring regarding the depuration of the Irish envoys closed the proceedings and will later present a report to the Minister. SYDNEY, June 8. (Received June 8, 10.45 p.m.) After an impressive service in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, which was largely attended, Sir Denison Miller’s funeral cortege moved to the Waverley Cemetery, the route for a great part being lined by the public.