AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1920, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[AUSTttAMAN * N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION]

APPOINTING A JUDGE,

SYDNEY, Sept. 21

Tile Premier, Mr Storey’s, proposal to make Mr James (ex-Nationalist Minister) a Judge, has been interfered with by a hitch. The Supreme Court Bench already contains " full complement, but Mr Justice Sly, who is on twelve months’ leave of absencS, retires in December. It is suggested that Mr James should be appointed as ActingJudge till a vacancy occurs.

INTERESTING FIGURES,

Melbourne, Sept. 22

Giving evidence at the Forty-hour Hours’ Week Enquiry, an officer of the Commonwealth Statistician’s Department submitted figures showing that goods now costing wholesale, over two pounds were purchasable in 1910 for one pound. Comparing the years 1913 and 1918-19, the Commonwealth’s output decreased twenty per cent, the values of such output being £161,250,000 and £127,000,000 respectively. The area under wheat decreased 3,200,000 acres; cattle decreased by 100,000; sheep 10,000,000; wool 50,000,000 pounds weight; butter 17,000,000 pounds. If prices had remained unchanged the value of general products for 1918-19 would have been £177,750,000, compared wit., £218,250,000 in 1913. j

SCRATCHED. (Received this day at 9.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, September 22. Cliryolaus, who finished lame in tho Rosehill Spring Stakes, has been scratch ed foe the Metropolitan, but not for the Epsom. He is not working and is still under the c are of a veterinairy Burgeon.

ACTING JUDGE. (Received this day, at 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY September 22

Mr James has been appointed an acting Judge for six months the appointment to be permanent next year.

MISS PARTRIDGE. SYDNEY, September 22. Miss Partridge, the ‘escaped nun’ interviewed said she had no wish to see her brother at present, as she felt he was endeavouring to take her back to conventional life. (She preferred the company of those who befriended lici until she was strong enough to return to Ireland.

CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR. SYDNEY, September 22. The Board of Trade evidence disclosed that clothing and footwear had advanced twentyfive per cent compared with 1919 prices

48-HOUR WEEK. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY September 22

The painters at Cockatoo Government Dockyards 'refused to sign a 48 hours agreement. They were not permitted to start worft, and were given til! Tuesday to acquiesce, failing which they will be paid off.

CYCLONIC STORM. MELBOURNE, September 22

A cyclonic storm at Chiltern on the main telegraphic line (Sydney to Melbourne) has dislocated Inter-State communication. The storm was of such force as to blow a house over, others were unroofed.

war service homes bill. MELBOURNE, Sept. 22. In the House of Representatives the War Sendee Homes Bill was read a secopd time.

aeroplane CRASHBRISBANE, September 22 An aeroplane, with Lieut. Barflett ,in charge, carrying two came to grief at an altitude of .1,000 feet when flying between Taroom nnd Gayndah, The engine failing, the ma* <Qukw .crashed into a tree. Bartlett (broke his leg in* three places. One of the passengers was also severely injured. Both are now inmates of the Taroom hospital.