AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1921, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION ANGLICAN SYNOD. SYDNEY, Nov. 20. The Anglican Synod of Sydney diocese, rejected the proposals of the General Synod on the nexus question and adopted a resolution that any other proposal jeopardising the position as an integral part of the Church ol England, also would lie unacceptable, but the Synod was prepared to listen to proposals to form the basis ol a teunion or modification of the services to suit local needs.

VICTORIA'S HIG RACE. MELBOURNE. Nov. 2fi The Victoria Racing Club has ill creased the added money for the Melbourne Cup from o*ooo to blo.ono.

AIR sF.lt V ICF.s. MEI.IIO: ii.NE. N“V. 26. t minuets have- hern arranged !m two additional subsidized aeiial mail services for the c a rriage of pas-enge: ■*. mail and freights between Adelaide and Sydney, and Sydney and lb wham*. It It hoped to begin Ihe services 111 April. The successful tenderer lor the service Adelaide to Sydney route was Larkin Sopwith Ltd.. Melbourne. Ihe subsidy is C17..">00 sterling. For the styduey-lirishiine service' Hie tender ot F. 1.. "11 cherts ol Brisbane was acceptuti. tin' subsidy being L i 1.- ><>U.

CONVENTION HIM,. MELHOCRNF.. Nov- 26

|„ tlie House of Representatives Mr Hughes referring to the Convention ,!l| l explained the whip bad informed him that nobody was in favour, so he would endeavour to amend it. PERTH. Nov. 2b

The Assemble- and Council unanimouslv adopted a resolution that the Convention Hill was unreasonable. Ihe Convention should consist of erpta members of representatives ot

States. ... I |ol,ai t Assembly carried a similai rosolut ion.

dropping fuktghts SYDNEY. November 20. Phe “llc-taid” states as a result of negotiations between Australian slnppj„.r agents ami owners in bomb”' in progress, it, is expected a general reduction oversea freights will he .Announced next week. It is understood it will apply to refrigerated and gene, al cargo. On some classes* reductions are exis-cted to be considerable. Aesteiday authority was received from London to reduce copra freight from 12 - l„ or,'- per ton. Reductions are the outcome of the depression in th,. sl„ppjno trade. The volume ol oversea tm - na.-m it, Sydney, waiting for cargo at the present time, is larger than ever since the depression began to make itself felt in November last. I mi- ■ thirteen steamers on the berth for Irtish and Continental ports ah.m. grcgaling 1)8.153 tons. So little- eaigo L Offering that a majmity o 1,1 vessels will have to sail m ballast with only a fraction of them availab e space occupied. Next month lon, tec, steamers are due. with an aggregatm,, of over one hundred thousand tons. The outlook for them is serious, causing owners much concern.

\ RIG BRIDGE. ißeceived This Day at * a.m.) _ SYDNEY. Nov. 2 1. \ftcr a strenuous all-night debate, tin', Assembly in the early hours of Sntnnl:,v passed through comm.uoe a l.tli providing for th- erection „f - bridge conm-cting the city and North Slum.. H is estimated to cost six millions.

PAPER PE Id* EXPERIMENTS MXI.BDERNE, Nov 2,. Tim Minister of Customs announced lint the Committee controlling the Government’s newsprint experiments in Westralia has resigned. liecause it is itnpossivlo to proceed with the proposed labor.,torv which would oust C50.0W. which is too great an expenditure to incur this year. Tests had shown that paper was pruducalih- from pulp, but it was not proved that it could lie thine commercially.

WIRELESS SERVICE. MET. BOURNE. November 2b. The draft of the proposed agreement between the Commonwealth and the Amalgamated Wireless, as outlined by Mr Fisk, provides for direct eommeicial wireless between Britain and Australia. Tt has been tabh-d in Parliament. The proposed charges arc: Full rate messages 2s per word -. dcferit-d Is ; Press messages -bd; deferred Press 3*l pci- word. The company undertakes to cominciu-e local construction loithwitli and to provide main trunk stations in Australia and Britain within two yuan*, also stations capable ol cotinnunication with the high pown stations in Australia.

Air Hughes stated Hie scheme was an alternative ts* the link scheme submitted to the Tmiiei-ial Conference. The Government, was not eommilted in anyway to this scheme, which the House would he given a chance to discuss later. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR SYDNEY. Nov. 2b.

si the clauses deleted from the Svilnev Corporal ion Amendment Bid j s providing for the election of Lord Mavor by the citizens. AUSTRALASIAN AID. MELBOURNE. November 2b. T„ the House of Representatives. Mr Hughes, ill reply to further questions regarding the assisting of the starving people of Russia, said that the Government had suggested to the Imperial Government that a great portion of the meat that was acquired from New Zealand and Australia and which was now lying in England, might be made available fuff relief. TTe asked the British and New Zealand Governments if they would co-operate, but replies coiild not be received for several days. He promised to make an early announcement on the qustion of giving the Russians monetary assistance.