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Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1920, Page 3

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[AUSTRALIAN <t N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] FOREIGN EXCHANGE. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 15. In the House of Representatives a ! Rill has been introduced to re'uuiy the j anomaly respecting foreign rates id ! exchange, •calculating duties on the bank rate of exchange as -tiling in London, except for special cas >s. TIMBER COMBINE. MELBOURNE, Oct. 15. Colonel Walker, of the War Service Homes Commision giving evidence at the timber inquiry said it was impossible to obtain timber supplies at reasonable rates, owing to the operations of timber combines, which, met monthly and regulated prieo. , SHOOTING. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, Oct. 16. Major Garrord, a Britisher, topped the poll with 100 out of 105 in the Richardson match, the scores of which, .' count for the first stage of the King’s prize. QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS. BRISBANE, Oct. 15. The Nationalist candidate was success ful at Port Curtis. This reduces the Government lead to six. SPORTING STATUS. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 15. The adjourned meeting + of sporting bodies considering the amateur status definition lapsed for want of a quorum. HIDES MARKET. MELBOURNE, Oct. 15. The hide market* is irregular and declined one .penny to twopence, except for stouts. \ PRICE OF MEAT. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) SYDNEY, October 15. There iB much public complaint, for despite the fall in the price of stock during the past few weeks, th e retail price of meat has not been reduced. The fall in cattle within a. fortnight has represented something like £lO pe head, and sheep have materially •*' creased. There are big stocks of meat D n hand and the wholesale selling price of beef and mutton is 4£d to 6d., yet retail prices remain at tenpenee to 1/2 for mutton and 1/- to 1/3 for beef. ANTT-PROFITEERING BILL. , SYDNEY, October 15. The Anti-Profiteering Bill is having i troubled passage through the Assembly and is meeting with much criticism on the grounds of anticipated ineffectiveness and uniustness in certain directions. During the debate, t'> vas a question of ' forestalling x ' rise in the price of vevstables. Dir Storey replying to j jriticisms, mentioned he had to obtain permission from Mr Hughes to inr Yew Zealand potatoes, because the people here were trying to keep them out. 1