Commonwealth Cables

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 100, 1 September 1923, Page 7

Commonwealth Cables

Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, August 31. A. E. Stafford,’ lighthouse keeper's asistaub at ClHly Island, workingnear the Ninety-mile Heach, wa' blown out to sea by a Tesh wind;' about dusk on Tuesday. Although 1 vessels have been keeping a sharp, look-out, there is no sign of the niiiss- j ing man. I Brisbane, August 31. . The Unemployed Sustenance Pay- 1 meat Act operates from the middle j of September. Under it the Unemployed Council may grant susten-j auce to anyone who has contributed | to the fund for six months, and who has been unemployed in the Brisbane area for fortnight. Sustenance pay is 15/- weekly for unmarried men and 25/- for married, with 4/6 additional for each child under sixteen for a maximum period of fifteen weeks. Anyone who has not contributed for the full period of six months receives a proportionate grant. The rates will vary in different areas of the State. Sydney, August 31.

In the Assembly the censure motion was defeated by 47 to 35, the Country Party voting with the Government. The address was adopted by 46 to 33. Melbourne, August 31. At the hide sale competition was restricted. Bidding was not general. All grades showing condition and quality were par to farthing lower, inferior parcels a farthing to halfpenny lower.

The personnel of the Board of Control of Commonwealth Shipping has been announced. Larkin is chairman at a salary of £3500, and Rear-Admiral Clarkson and Mr Robert Farquhar receives £3OOO each. Mr Farquhar’s appointment terminates in nine months. Adelaide, August 31. The ladies’ foursomes championship was won by Mesdames Gatehouse and Lees. Sydney, August 31. The Science Congress recommended the following resolutions for adoption by the final general meeting: That a general survey of the Fiji Islands is desirable, not only on scientific groups particularly in throwing light on the region of coral reefs and in connection with the earth movements,, but because it may lead to valuable information being gained of the mineral resources of the islands, and cannot fail to be

of great assistance in opening the country to settlement; that a committee be appointed to secure a a general description of the tectonic structure of the Pacific region along certain definite lines.

The Congress adopted a series of resolutions recommending the speedy erection of wireless stations in all countries bordering the Pacific, capable of communicating directly with each other, with a view to popularising inter-communication, and keeping daily records of meteorological and other scientific datathat the Governments of . the United States. Japan, Dutch East Indies, Australia, and New Zealand be asked to establish a daily mean time signal, to be transmitted at eight o’clock at night local standard tirpe from Punabashi, Cavite, Bandoeng, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne, and at nine *at night from Sydney and Wellington, records to be kept as data fj/r consideration by the next congress. Brisbane, August 31.

The Rev. Patton, a New' Hebrides missionary, in a letter condemnatory of Condominium Government of the group published in the press cites several instances where French recruiters recruited native wives against the wishes of their husbands. In one case he alleges there was forcible abduction. He makes other serious allegations and states: “That husbands have no redress, and this Condominium, you in Australia allow.” He also ■ states that a British subject can also recruit a woman f for three months without the consent of her husband. He supplies two instances, one with twins at the breast, and the other children being left in the care of the husband.