AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1920, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN.

I AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATIONJ BUILDING IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, Jan. 2. The value of new buildings and additions in the Metropolitan area during 1919 total £4,788,804. FHtE AT PORT ADELAIDE. ADELAIDE, Jan, 2. Messrs John Darling and Sons’ flour mill at Port Adelaide was gutted by fire, and big stocks were lost. Tbe damage has not yet been estimated. A GOVERNMENT OFFER. MELEBOURNE, Jan. 4. The Federal Government offers a reward of £IO,OOO for the discovery of petroleum in payable quantities in Australia.

THE DARWIN ENQUIRY. DARWIN, Jan. 3. At the Northern Territory Commission, Judge Ewing stated that he had read correspondence between Vestys and various persons. Without committing himself by. anything ho might say, the impression left on his mind was that Vestys were not connected with' the American Beef Trust, and also that there was no connection between Vestys and the Government officers, excepting that it was once proposed to employ Professor Gilruth (Administrator) in certain investigations.

FINANCING WHEAT GROWERS. MELBOURNE, January 4. The Federal Government has arranged for the banks to advance the farmers 5s a bushel on wheat )cetifieates held in respect to the new harvest. SIX DAY’S RACE. SYDNEY, Jan. 4. The six days’ cycling race has concluded and was won by Spencer and Osterletter, (America), Grenda and Corry, (America), second; and Wells (Now Zealand,) with Stevens, (Victoria) third. Only seven teams ,finished." They covered 910 miles.