AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 44, 6 October 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

VISIT OF SIR JOHN KIRK

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright) (United Press Association.)

Sydney, October o

Mr Holmes, late secretary of the Wellington Young Men’s Christian Association, has arranged with Sir John Kirk to visit the various cities in New Zealand early in December.

SALVAGING CARGO

Sydney, October 5

The Underwriters’ Association has received advice that there will ho no salvage from either the hull or the cargo of the Papanui, and possibly small salvage from the Fifcshire,

THE NE TEMERE DECREE,

Sydney, October 5

The Anglican Synod carried a resolution solemnly protesting against the pretensions of the Roman Church as embodied in the No Temore decree.

BANK EXCHANGE

Melbourne, October o

The Sydney and Melbourne banks have advanced buying rates of exchange on London by live shillings per centum, and reduced the selling rates similarly.

FRUIT EXPORT

(Received 6, 9.20 a.m.) Sydney, October 6

A deputation from the Fruit-grow-ers’ Union waited on iVi r Trefle and protested against the now regulation requiring that 10 per cent of the fruit shipped to New Zealand must bo tipped out for inspection on the ground that it damaged the fruit. The deputation asked for a reversion to the old system. Mr Trefle said the whole trouble had arisen from the careless system of despatching fruit to New Zealand. Many honest growers had been victimised by dishonest shippers labelling fruit from orchards where it had not been grown. He promised to see if it was possible to revert to the old method with modifications.

PENNY POSTAGE

Adelaide, October 0

Increased postal business has resulted in South Australia since the introduction of penny postage. There wore 1,632,000 more letters in August and September than in April and May. add gen cables —? —? —? —PAo,Hy

ENTOMBED MINERS RELEASED

(Received 6, 10 a.m.)

Brisbane, October G

The men entombed in Marshall’s Queen Mine have been rescued. One was ill with pleurisy, and in a very weak state. The others are well.

MOUNT MORGAN MINE

The Mount Morgan- returns during September show that the gold-re-duction works treated 9435 tons of ore for 4061 ounces of gold. The copper-reduction plant treated Gl2 tons silieious gold ore, 7571 tons Many Peaks ore, and 14,018' tons copper ore, producing 515 tons blister copper, containing 540 tons copper and 5396 ounces of gold.