AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. BIG SETTLEMENT SCHEME. BRISBANE. July 8. Areas totalling three million acres in Queensland are being prepared by tho State Lands Department for settlement, under the Burnett and Collide \".alley project. It is estimated that fifteen hundred blocks for farms will he available for selection in October next. It is expected that upward- oi livethousand settlers will he thereon engaged in mixed farming by 102(7. SI IK. El' SALES. SYDNEY, July 7. At the she*, p sales a 1 ladden-Rigg ram brought 7,70, and a lloonoke lam fit Hi guineas. GLOAMING IN TRAINING. SYDNEY. July 7. Gloaming, in tile first serious training since arrival, did the first half mile oi a mile at a strong pace, and the balance took otlsees. NEW TAXATION SCHEME. AI EI.BOFRXE. July 8. In i lie Federal House of Representatives, ihe Premier. .Mr Bruce, has announced i hat ow ing to til" difficulty involved in obtaining complete stilti-ties lor the current year, whereon the ( oinmouwea 11It is to bn-o it- taxation propo-ai-, the operation ot Ihe new scheme will be deferred till 102? J. A scheme had been agreed to, la

said, whereby only one collective authority* would suffice for aP. incomes, the States collecting the tax oil behalf ol the Coin mini wealth. N.S.W. COAL DISPUTE. SYDNEY. July 7. The repre-onta 1 ives of the coal owner- ami the miners will discus- with the principal- during the week-end. l In* lion. .Mr Oakes's prnpo-als for a sci t lemon 1. Following oil an intimation by tiic owner- Dial llmv do-irod to dismiss Si I men who were mainly responsible for the di *- n t 1.-j'nct ion in l lie various mines, Mr (lake- has proposed to the owners that they slate th,. number of men wlni-e -ervici , they wish to di-pcn-e with, and that these names In* submitted to tla* Miners' Federation, and that a secret ballot he taken on the quc.-iion oi a resmiipl ! I * !1. The I'onfeiem |. ’.'.ill j.-rohnhlv resume on Wednesday. STEAMER GOES t >N REEF. SYDNEY, July 8. Ihe i hive thousand ton stcamei "Iron Monarch " i- ashore on a reef al Pori Krmhlu oil the South Coa.-i oi N.S.W. 1 here a gale Mowing, and heavy sons are running at tla* scene. I.IQI'OR POLL. BRIS PA N I*;. July s. A prohibit ion poll tv j,! he taken in Queensland on the (itli of August on three issues, viz.: Stale , outre! of the manufacture, importation and sale <*l liquor; prohibition, to take (‘fleet in 1925. or contiiiuaiici* of tbo pic-, at system. THE I'i.AG! K DANGER. ,M EI.BOURNE, J lily s. In i*i 11 !<ci ji a * lie, * ot tin* plugin* ins.* (I 111 * Source of infection in whi h the ani lim it ies al Sydney are unable in Hare). Ih“ Federal licalth aHi lairi t inure taking special oreeaut innary measures against nits leaving N.S.W. All i argues will he inspected when loading a ltd discharging, and ail vessels will b I Mill igU te' I. SHIPPING I.INI*:. MELBOURNE. July s. The debate iu t'r* Federal House on tin Giimii inw'iillli Shipping Rill ea - ; -m.tinned, the members of tin* oppo-i-i l mil giving general ,-upport to the | measure. The d, bate wa- adjourned j till Wednesday. NAVIGATION LAW FA ! I S. MELBOURNE. July s. The Tuiil! Board's, annual report says the Navigation Act has di-a niiagcd the settler.-: on the coastal parts that are far removed irom i lie industrial (eutres. The report stales that th*’ cost oi shipping certain goods Irom Smith Australia to West Australia wa- greater than the net of shipping them Irom Europe to West .*•• iv-1 ralia. It a! " savs the Height on butler from Queensland to other Stales wa- heavier than from that of .New Xenia mi to Australia. ! The Imard adds t hat nun h oi the | heia lit i*miceded by the tui'ill' had been | lost through the additional <n-l in! freight on Australian goods. Other j methods must he adopted to enable j tin* primary producers and tin* maim- , laetnrers to obtain a full -hare ol the! markets. SCHOONER WRECKED. (Received this dav at 12.13 p.m.') SUVA. July f). The American schooner Alert MacDonald became a. tend. wreck on the Island of Niitalomi whilst loading copra. SUVA COUNCIL. SUVA. July !). The Colonial Secretary will move nl a meeting of the Legislative ( outicil on Friday that the Indian population have two members on the Council, elected hv Indians. A RIG SHARK. (Received t“ ■ day at 12 noon . SYDNEY. July !). All eighteen fool shark at taek.’d an Italian liisherman's boat at \\ unloiigong. The shark became entangled in the lines and dragged the boat several miles off the Coast, became exhausted, and rose to the surface, when the led airman killed it with a tomahawk. A FIRE. M EI.BOURNE. Julv 9. A nil's-ae'e from Darwin say- a lire at Vestry'- meat work- early on Sunday morning destroyed the men’s quarters. „ four-storied building cuulaiiiir.g ILL *1*1,,, ,i., M rods £30.01 H) rooms. Il»* Ha m,ig< ~ sterling. The men were not there ru the time of the outbreak.