Commonwealth Cables

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 91, 22 August 1923, Page 7

Commonwealth Cables

| l> ress Association—Copyright ! Sydney, August 21. 1 The steamer Maheno is docking to-day for overhaul, whereafter she, I sail s fo r Wellington for survey and | possible , conversion into an oilturner. x The Rugby League granted the South Sydney Club permission to take a team to Auckland after their last compel - 'tion fixture. Heavy rain in the coastal districts during the past few days continues. Melbourne, August 21. The Science Congress discussed the question of wheat diseases and the production of wood-alcohol, which are claimed to be of most

fundamental importance to Australia, as alcohol must become the fuel of the future. The Botanical Section discussed the re-vegetation of Krnkatoa. where ail plant life was destroyed by the groat eruption of 1883. It was stated that the vegetation is now almost impenetrably thick. Hr. Armstrong, medical officer of a portion of Mandated Samoa told the conference that the natives there Giving to the introduction of civilisation wore replacing then healthy huts with corrugated iron structures. They also wore European clothing without understanding the necessity

for chancing when wot. In a discussion on Terrestrial Magnetism, it was asserted the vaiiati n and consequent chart errors in some parts of the Pacific had been found so great that similar errors near the shore might easily lead a ship to foundering in foggy weather. Zurich, August 20. The world’s kilometre cyclic; championship was won hy Moeskopo (H Hand), with Poulnm (France) second. ' Spear s qualified for the final, defeating Rutt (Germany) m his bent. Brisbane, August 21 Mr Theodore (Premier) is visiting London at the end of the year in connection with a loan. Adelaide, August 21. Sinclair, Whitten, Cheadle, anil Win sc r qualified for the semi-finals of the golf championship on Wednesday.