AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1923, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. RACING BEING FROZEN OUT. TAXATION AND TRAVELLING EXPENSES. SYDNEY, Sept. 8. Air G. W. Stead, in a press interview, further stresses the tact that (he taxation, cost of travelling, and upkeep are freezing racing out of the Dominion. He instanced last year when lie and two other prominent owners won in the vicinity ot CIO,OOO each in stakes, yet they showed a loss on their racing transactions. In regard to the cost of travelling Instates that lie railed horses from Hastings to Auckland and back for which he paid a cheque of C 230. It would have been cheaper to bring horses to Sydney. He groups Ihe three types of New Zealand owners who visit Australia as: first, those anxious to match New Zealand’s best with Australia; second, those anxious to sell their horses and third, those unable to make ends meet in New Zealand and after tempting prizes in Australia.

MINE ENQUIRY. SYDNEY. Sept. 8. Cess nock Council has requested the Government to inquire into tile question "bother any lives might have been .-.lived it rescue stations had been provided : and also recommended Government to devise some scheme for preventing or minimising accidents (n ful ure. GOLD BATTERY IN FUL SUVA. Sept. 8. The First gold mining battery In Fiji has commenced crushing at Ynnawi mine in Yunna Lcvit. WELCOME RAINS. SYDNEY, Sept. 8. Further heavy tains have fallen over a great portion of the State. Tit some districts the lowlands are flooded. The feed and crop outlook is exceptionally good, though continued cold weather is retarding tho growth.