AUSTRALIAN

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1919, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN

' I aCHTIUUAN it M.Z. CAM.E ASSOCIATION j DECREASED WHEAT YIELD. ADELAIDE, November 12. Official reports show a decrease of 134,886 acres in the area under wheat an South Australia, compared with last year. . Large ' areas have failed to produce entirely. Other iai-ge areas of wheat ap? being fed°pfl;; : 'or'' gut‘for hay. Bt is' ’ the wheat yield will be light.

NEW SHIPPING LINE. (Received this dav at 9.26 a.in.) ■ t SYDNEY, Nov. 13. Advices have been ipccivpcf £o the effect that a pew Capadian-Australian shipping linp, to be Jpiowp as the Cana- _ djan Governpiept Mercantile Marine, has been organised, but the departure , t-he first steamer from Canada has been delayed until January. The steamer’s tonnage will be from five to eight thousand tons, and they will run monthly.

HUMILIATION AND PRAYER, - gyDNEY, No.v. IQ. Thjß nineteenth jnsjt is to' be observed by jL-hnnjhcs as-a day pf humiliation and prayer Qn acpount of thg draughted preas. Reneficiffl rain eoniinueg on £he cop s|al districts.. Thpre is a great scarcity of potatoes, old ones selling at £34, and new ones at £3O per ton.

SOLDIERS’ GRATUITY. 1 MELBOURNE, This Day. , It appears that Hon. W. M. Hughes’ statement regarding payment of the soldiers’ gratuities in casji, was made ns the outcome of mpifprppees with financial institutions, and promises of large employers that they were willing to take, bpnds and cash them. It is .stated' if the bulk of thy soldiers

require for a cash payment, it wifi mean serious, financial embarrassment to Govprnuient, and they are prepared tp accept non-negotiable bonds. The Federal Treasurer is now negotiating with tlio bankers.