AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ’FRISCO MAILS. SYDNEY, Aug. 12. Mr Spruill, General Manager of the Oceanic (U.S.A.) Shipping Company, referring to tho renewal of the ’Frisco mail contract, said should the company receive an increase in rates per mile, the vessels will maintain a tlirec-week-!y service. SCHOONER ON FIRE. SYDNEY. Aug 12. News received from Nauru Islands reports tin Me .--masted schooner John A. Campbell is on fire. The vessel sailed fi-i-m , ,-i-hane on 11th June to load copra at Gilbert Islands. Owing to tfi re being no wireless station in Gilbert Group, only meagre information is available. A FALSE CIRCULAR. SYDNEY. Aug 12. The Graziers’ Association is offering CIOOO reward for information lending to the conviction of the person responsible for issuing a fraudulent circular. supposed to emanate from the Association, and urging graziers not to persevere in enforcing Justice power’s award; adding that after five weeks of strenuous campaigning, re- , ports are most discouraging. The •circulars warned graziers by the harm already done to flocks by incompetent shea res, who had volunteered at award rates.

TASMAN SEA. * SYDNEY. Aug 12. E. Andrews, Secretary of the Australian Asoeiation for the advancement of science supplies an extract from the minutes of the third session of the Association held at Christchurch in 1891. to the effect that the Lords of the Admiralty have been requested to adopt the name of Tasman, by entering it on their charts. 1 lie Admiralty accepted the proposition. Professor David in favouring the substitution of Anzac. thought, the change could he effected by agreement between the Commonwealth' and with the concurrence of the British Admiralty. He pointed out that there were, plenty of -precedents for » change of place. The names of Now Holland was changed to Australia and Mount Kosciusko and Aft Townsend bad been transposed, and during recent years St Petorsburgh bad been changed to Petrograd. FEDERAL POLITICS. MELBOURNE. Aug 13. |„ the Federal House a division was taken on the censure motion submitted hv the opposition parties. TheGovernment had a majority of Time, the. voting being:—For. the motion. 27 against 36. 4 complete Tasmanian Cabinet has n„v been formed as follows Premier and Mmiste, ol Agriculture and Works, lion J- Hayes; Minister ol Education and Treasurer. Mr Lee; Clncf Secretary and Railways Minister Mr MePlieo; Minister of Lands. Mines and Soldier Settlement. Mr I’dvtli; Attorney-General. Mr 1 ro ' v sting Honorary Ministers. Messrs Mean and Shields.

SELECTION BALLOTS. SYDNEY. Aug 13

Tho l.:d»our Unrty’s Executive E |,s refused the Parliamentary Party’s request for an inquiry into selection ha! l! >t s but has agreed In have an inquiry on anv specif..- charces that are ,;, a(k . by any member of Um pnrty. .

salving prospects. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, .August 13. The prospects of salving the barque Franc" recently wrecked at Now Caledonia, arc regarded as good. A steamer is leaving Brisbane to engage m 19 salving. • THE BORER. 'Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 14.

At a meeting of timlier representative,,. \V. Wearne, an expert. said Trapps statement that Australian hardwood was immune from borer could be disproved by a visit to any timber yard. Sdt bole borer wonld attack almost every species of hardwood, but do little Ivirm to the ordinary building timbers. Tli,. fcrator of Technological Museum states if timber merchants and millers atiree to the exclusion of all sap wood in timber supplied for buildings, one of the commonest borer troubles will soon be ended. STATISTICAL. SYDNEY. August 14. The reports of the Labour Industrial branch of the statistics bureau for 1921 covering the current retail prices for food, groceries, clothing and house rents in thirty principal towns of the Commonwealth, shows the former was substantially reduced hut rents continued to rise compared with the previous years. Wages showed an average increase of 5s Id per week. Industrial disputes caused a loss 956,617 working days with a loss of wages of £757,600 sterling.