AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. WHEAT FREIGHTS. SYDNEY, May 24. The wheat and (lour freights to the United Kingdom and Continental ports from Australia have beep reduced to ‘ :i7s (id per toil, which is practically the 1 same as in pre-war times. 1 SCULLING. f .SYDNEY, -May 24. In view of a cable that has boon re- ■ reived from the High Commissioner ’ (Sir J. Cook)) advising that it is impossible for tile Murray Bridge rowers '• to he accepted at the Henley Regatta, ■ all idea of sending a crew has been abandoned. I PASTORAL WORKERS STOB. SYDNEY. May 24. No fewer than oO.(HK) pastoral workers will he affected by the shearer’s strike. ! Fears have been expressed that the strip will extend to the coal miners and to other unions. The Australian Workers’ I nion officials, however, state that there is nothing to fear in that direction as the strike will not lie taken up !>v those bodies. THE WHEAT POOL. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 25. Though Government favours' a voluntary wheat pool fer next year, it will not he a partv to any guarantee. ] 1 LAMBING PROSPECTS. SYDNEY. May 25. j Reports from some sheep districts in- j dicatc poor lambing prospects, owing to the late dry weather. ( tther districts] report rabbits arc again very numerous j causing great destruction. : MICE and parasites. : SYDNEY, May 25. * The mouse plague has brought to j light a new parasitical development. 1 Many dead mice were found round stacks, swarming with mites. Anyone handling the bodies becomes infected . and suffer severe irritation and the j breaking of the tortured skin results in j inflamed sores. The Government Elite- , niologist lias identified the mite as “Li- j pyonvosus bacoti” of parasitic habits on j human beings hut previously known ns i infesting produce stores only The pos- | nihility of the mite becoming a cheek on j the mouse plague is mooted. j MRS MESA.NT. SYDNEY. May 24. Mrs llcsant, in a letter to the Press, sacs: Mr Piddington has been inisinfoimed regarding the tacts. She had j no* referred Bishop l.eadheater s , challengers to the Court, because he has i not accused of crime, and she only j referred to the Court's eases iff those ! accused of crimes. She reiterates tb" j Ihe allegations against Bishop Lead j heater acre judicially investigated, and | I e was cleared ot all blame. She ex- 1 II esses 1 imlidei'e” in l.eadbeatei sj I igh ehaise tor and - "lend' 1 s"t ii>e. ] I„,H 1 public and private. Sla- d not • belh-vc in trial In public meeting, nor : does she Propose to leturii evil for evil ; l,v bringing accusations against others. , She disbelieves the accusations, and ills- * soeiates herself from the accuser's line ! of action. WKSTRALLAN TRAGEDY. PERTH. -.*ny 24. j Three returned soldiers, named Rog- : cm, Wynne and Edwards, have been j jointly farming near Vagin. Rogers, arrived in the township, and reported j that, after bearing two sho's at their j homestead, he encountered Vynne who j threatened to “hoot him. Tl- police j thru visited the farm, and found I'.d----,V irds shot dead in ’he house. limy j found Wynne with his throat eut. and | fatally, staff , a mile away. r ! lie cause * of the tragedy is not disclosed. ,

fresh case of PLAGUE. I BRISBANE. May 24. , After a lengthy interval of immunity ; : a ease of plague is reported from Inins- . fail in tbe north of Queensland. IRON WORKERS IDLED. •SYDNEY May 21. J Four thousand men have been rendered idle, through the c losing of the steel ; works at Newcastle, and the “City ol i Steel” carries, in every street, the ap- i pearaiu'e of tragic* desertion. U tbi : iron works remain dosed for any length j of time, the distress will la* very great, although the Government lias commenced relief works. It is stated that the J company " ill not entertain any thougnt | of recommencing until the wages ail i , the price of coni are much further re- j (lured. WILD FOWL INVASION. SYDNEY. May 24. j Following on the mice invasion, wild | fowl h ive invaded the 1 goons and lakes | in tin* Narrabri district. They have j come in countless thousands. ! There has been much shooting d j ! them, but with mt much apparent effe t ! and. as the lakes are drying up, the j congestion of the biros is polluting the dams and other stock drinking places. Owing to a shortage of the rcquatic plant growth, through the dty season, • the birds nre invading the paddocks j | adjacent to their haunts, from which j ] they are eating out lbe* green grass and j herbage • ~ ! I railway freights. | ! (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) j | SYDNEY. May 25. j I M|- Henley announced that tbe Railway Commissioners bad agreed to a subJ stantinl reduction of tailwav freights on I fresh chilled frozen meat, pork, poult y, i ' la,, .its and lish. Tile decreases range'! j from 5s to 31s 9.1 per ton for distances j I between two hundred and six httndr.] i miles. ! AN ENQUIRY. | SYDNEY, May 25. j Tile Tu ri If Board is investigating t’ e | industrial conditions at l.itlncow ru j Newcastle wit It tin* obje-t to aseern ini ing tbe cause of the depression, and • tendering advice for securing business ; The Hoard will report bow the different ■ industries are nlfeeted by the tarill. DAMAGED STEAMERSYDNEY, May 25. . ; Efforts made to rellnut the Moeinbry * i cabled on 23rd. An examination by a • ! diver revealed a hole was torn in tbe ’ i vessels side on the starboard quarter, the plates being cracked and bent inward. ! REDUCING RATES. f SYDNEY, May 25. The Metropolitan Board for water y supply and sewerage are reducing rates in consequence of t’’e reduced basic wage. Sewerage is reduced from mie shilling to ten pence halfpenny in the pound and water -fs Id to one shilling ( . per thousand gallons. Tbe total sav- , ings to ratepayers amounting to ninety- ’ live thousand sterling,