AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

vfßimjs CARGO ,T FMS — f F.V Tin.! CHAIM! --TRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. [ HEAVY RAIN. SYDNEY. This Day. Heavy rains have continued throughout the Stale, and further falls with Hoods are forecasted. LABOUR CONTKRKXCK. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) 1 SYDNEY, This Day. The Labour Conference rejected several resolutions proposing for readmission of members expelled over the conscription issue. Garden, Secretary ol the Labour Council stated the President, J. Howie, and Secretary of the Coopers’ Union, T. Earsman, were visiting England for an anti-immigra-tion campaign. * SYDNEY H ARDOUR BRIDGE. SYDNEY, This Day. 1 Government have instructed railway construction engineers to prepare plans ( and specifications to enable tenders for Sydney harbour bridge is to be invited throughout the world next October. EXPORT OF ORE. * MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr Hughes announced in view of the slump in metal prices. Government bad decided to permit the exportation of ores. BLOOD STOCK SALES. SYDNEY, This Day. At the blood-stock sales the stallion October realised 550 guineas, ami Fib GOO guineas. Gold Sir was passed out at nine hundred. COCKATOO ISLAND. MELBOURNE, This Day. Jt In the House of Representatives Mr Mahoney speaking.' on the motion for adjournment, stated tlu* cruiser Adelaide will he launched at Cockatoo Is- 1 land within eight months of the keel being laid. CJOOO worth of material , had gone astray anil private shipping companies bad work done which was charged against the Adelaide. Mr Cook replied that tho charges would be sifted to the bottom. He admitted the cost of reconditioning ( transport was wrongly charged against the Adelaide ,which was built as cheap- 1 ( lv at Cockatoo as in England. He regretted the wholesale dismissals whirl' . were not warranted. The motion lapsed. ! | It was stated in reply to a question | that the cost of the Adelaide would ! be £1,000,000. A further bunded f thousand was required for the comple- 1 . tion. i Both Houses have adjourned nnli , Thursday. 1 j butter pool. 1 ' (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, April'7. i New South Wales Government having declined to institute another blitter pool for the coining winter. New South , Wales, and Queensland, representative; of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce pool, decided to continue the pool from , Ist April to 30th September, without ; Government support. | SALE OF WHEAT. j MELBOURNE, April 7. ' Tn the House of Representatives Mr Tudor asked Mr Hughes if it was a fact that over a million bushels of wheat had been sold to Germany at 7s fid to 7s 9(1 per bushel f.o.b. Air Hughes replied that ho was unable to supply the | information, but he knew no wheat had . been sold to Germany f.o.b. Tt was sold e.i.f. The average price of the • wheat sold for overseas was above, that j which the people of Australia had to _ , pay. 1