AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2799, 17 June 1916, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

V OUR JAPANESE ALLIES ; "EBCEPTION TO VISITING NATAL .'OFFICERS. By Telegraph-Press Assoctation-Copyrißlit Melbourne, June 16.Speaking at the reception, to the visiting Japanese naval officers, ,-the AdminJ said that his two ships had come on a mission for the training''of. midshipmen, ' but the shifts were always ready to fight if any emergency arose.'x'-If-it was found necessary to use force'; 'they.,-', would- not ■ hesitate to act. . The Acting-Prime . Minister. "(Senator «. Pearce) said that the Japanese had - besn instrumental in destroying German miuation of the Pacific, .afid otherwics valuably aided Australia." .. GENERAL-ITEMS. \.RAIN-MAKING BY WIRELESS'. EXPERIMENTS IN SOUTH LIAAdelaide, June. 15. '. --Mi". Balsillie, a'cdnsultmg wireless engineer, who has been conducting-experi-.ments in lain-making at.Boqkalooj reports. that ne .made ,'eigiiV. experiments - with"charged"devoted'£6ndu'ctors;~..and it.-;-'.* would appear that certain rainfall results .had Followed, but ho imablo to be -present,to prove thorn. . - -Since the commencement -of -the, ;■ experiments 123 points of rairi Had fallen. OBrrUARY. REV. DR. SELLORS. Sydney, June. 15.; Tiio Rev. Dr. Sellors,' 'a 'prOmineat . Methodist, is dead. [The Rev. Richard Sellors wnj'born >n England in',18.15, and 'received ■ .into the Wesleyan ministry in 1862'. "After*a'three . years' course of- training,: in Richmond , Theological College, Dr. Sellors arrived in S.vdney.iin 1881 in. the ship Damascus, and has ever since been prominently assbciated with the work or the Methodist Church in that State nud in Queens- ; land.] . ' ' '•' - ' > •'; NEWS IN BRIEF. STATE CONTROL OF FREIGHT .RATES. . ' Melbourne, Juno 16. A iit-w wc.r regulation" empowers the Commonwealth Government to fix ;.tha freight: for all goods. carried between Australian ports. ' ".- CYCLONIC STORM.' ' Sydney, June 16. - A cvclonic storm i> raging between Norfolk Island..and.. .Brisbane. Heavy seas are reported on the coasts. FEDER'AT, INCOME.TAX.ASSESS- ' "- MENTS. Melbourne, June 16. The Federal income-tar assessments .... total .£4,191,853. j THE FORTY-FOUR HOUR WEEK.. (Rec. Juno IG. 11.50 p.pi.) -- Sydney,' June 75.. The Arbitration Court has refusetl to place surface hands and smelter em- ; ployees on the same footing as underground workers, who wero granted i: iortY--fonr hour -week at Newcastle. , WIDESPREAD EArN. . (Rec. June 16, 11.50 p.m.) ■ : - • Sydney, Juno IG. • Widespread and soaking.rniii continues, »reatly benefiting winter prospects. There is rough weather on the coast.