STATE TRAWLERS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2367, 25 January 1915, Page 6

STATE TRAWLERS

N.S.W. GOVERNMENT SCHEME. (Ree, January 24, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, January 24. The state is purchasing in England three trawlers of eight thousand tons each. _ After supplying Government institutions, the balance of the fish will be -sold l to the public. YORKSHIRE MINERS BALLOT IN FAVOUR OF A STRIKE. (Rec. January 24, 2.30 p.m.) . London, January 23. A ballot taken in West Yorkshire, which is subject to the decision, of tlie executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, resulted in a tremendous majority in favour of tendering notices, to strike 'unless the demands wore conceded. The West Yorkshire Council considers the matter oil Wednesday. NEW LORD OF APPEAL. London, January 22. Sir John Eldon Banlces (Judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court) succeeds the Right Hon. Lord Justice Sir William Rami Kennedy as Lord of Appeal. N.S.AV. AGENT-GENERAL. Sydney, January 23. Sir Timothy Coghlan has been reappointed Agent-General for New South Wales, for a period undecided. BROKEN HILL OUTPUT. Sydney, January 22. The Broken Hill mineral output for 1914 is valued at £8,448.481, which is £888,736 below that of 1913. The Sulphide Corporation announces tliat it is prepared to purchase and treat all silver, lead, and gold ores at tlie pricos prevailing before tlie war. Previously the business was chiefly in German bands.