AUSTRALIAN

Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN

mm CABLED vm IUSTIiALIAN AXI) N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, WRECK ABANDONED. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY. July <>. The Underwriters have abandoned i- e Woollongbar. The wreck is to he submitted for sale by public auction. FLOODS SUBSIDING. SYDNEY, July (>. There are no further developments of the Darling floods. The height is above Hood stage at various points. At Mclntyre it reached eighteen feet. Tim waters are slowlv subsiding. A.MERK AN BUSINESS. SYDNEY, July (i. Norton, American Consul, at the Millions Club dinner, stated American firms were eager to start enterprises in Australia, but were prevented in consequence of the War Precautions Act, debarring firms with natives of former enemy countries on the share roll. Representations had been made to the Commonwealth. Senator Prat ten interposed that he heard the representations were likely to be successful. TARIFF BILL. MELBOURNE, July (> In the House of Representatives, an amendment by Mr Anstey that the duty on newsprint he free, 15%, and 15% ad valorem was defeated by 24 to 14. A motion by Mr Larnound that the duties be a flat rate of free, £3 and £3, was carried by 21 to 14. A NAVAL VIEW. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, July (> The Minister of the Navy explained that the Naval Department were unable to despatch a vessel every time a boat was reported missing, as it such reports were made frequently? it would i disorganise the work of the training | colleges if three hundred men were j taken away on each occasion.. II a boat I was known to he in distress, was an-J other matter. DUTY ON BANANAS. MELBOURNE, July 0 Mr Cook submitted a cable from Fiji protesting against the abnormal duty on bananas and predicting the withdrawal of Ix'vttkn from the Fiji-Sydney trade. COCKATOO ISLAND SCANDAL. SYDNEY, July 5. The report of the Royal Commission investigating the operations at Cockatoo Island, recommends the construction at the Island of a 25,000 ton floating dock, capable of bolding any ship ever put into the water. The report supports placing the Island under civilian control. It finds the charges of loafing not substantiated.^ THE SPRINGBOKS. SYDNEY, July 0

A conference held between representatives of the Springboks, New Zealand and New South Wales adjourned till after the arrival in New Zealand. The Springboks sail in the Ulimaroa on the 7 th.