AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

, At STUA MAN AN!) N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIA I lON. I REAIOX Al. OF RESTRICTIONS. (Received this day at f).26 a.m.) SYDNEY. April 27. The removal of quarantine restrictions. in operation since the plague outbreak, has been followed bv all improvement in t !.•(. iuler-Siate steamship passenger services. Some of tlie Mills reduced or rut out owing lo the restrii lioio, have been restored. FAT STOCK SFITLY. SYDNEY. April 27. The supply of fat stock is becoming scaree. as a result of the drought in the pastoral districts. |t is predicted that when the weather breaks the prices will materially ndvaiKo. HK KKOX CERES. SYDNEY. April 27. Among tlie cure'- claimed by tho Hickson M’s-ion is a. case of a deal and dumb' girt who talks, after treatment . IN NEW GUINEA. SYDNEY. April 27. The "Daily Telegraph” on information from what i: claims to be au- | tbentic sources states the civil s wants j 111 New Guinea are seething with dis j ((intent, and have asked lor the apj poinlmeiit of a- Royal Commission to in- | vestigate the conditions. Among the matters allegedly requiring inve.-tiga-I lions are the administration of the laws 1 against natives and extent ol control lof l.o: in*** c< or, d 10. Chinese. \n l allegation i- made that Ih** oatiic- arc j get I mg out of hand. WANT OF BAIN. MELBOURNE, April -’7. Bain is badly needed and the wheat imps are threatened with failure no* less a good (all entiles very shoriiy.