AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. C'A-ELE ASSOCIATION. TASMANIAN DEFICIT. (Received this day at 6 a.m 1 HOBART. Oct. 11. In tho Assembly the treasurer added thit the deficit for the past year amounted to L'29L19l and the Government intended to impose new taxation. A LONG,VOYAGE. (Received this day at 11.10 a.m.) SYDNEY. Oct. 11. C aptain Waichltn says the Louis •IVrianlt winch arrived yesterday aLer a passage of twenty-nine days from )\ I'.ungnpe, says the ship ran into strong Westerly gales soon after departure I rmn the New Zealand port. Westerlies prevailed for practically tho ''hole voyage except when a southerly di-turbaiue came up that was too fierce to he tala u advantage of. With the exception ol a broken spar the ship came through undamaged. On four occasions the vc.-sel was compelled t*o heave to for many hours. It uas the '.'ors! weather lie had experienced in many years at -ea. Watchlin was surprised that the Theriault had not been reported Us lie had -pokeil to a Sydney hound steamer, and asked to lie 1,. porti d. in view of the h-ogiii of (’,•■ time the voyage had taken. SYDNEY HARBOUR. (Received this day at J 1.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, October 11. Iho Humour liu-t Commissioners’ oiinun 1 report -how-; the revenue as £8.)2.(!00 and a surplus of £83.870 sterhug, Icing Sd per cent on the enpitnl in vested, do the year elided .1 une ,'lOth. S..L , vessels en 1 eied the port, the gross tonnage whereof was IL 04 7.988. and net S.M.i, 132, which was one hundred vessels less il the pievioiis year, hut these load been an increase m the gross tonnage of •J..RI 1.997. Ihe tolal bmnage "Us six per cent, below |. figures. FOREST EXPERT. S)! )X F )’. ( let I,her II I. I

Waller proggatt. Lie Goverttmeiii entomologist. [ms Loon ujqoiiiitcd forest entomologist, his mission being to investigate the life histories of. and damage t a tlsi d by tim Ia r i meets. SYDNEY IMPROVEM ENTS. SYDNEY. I Into! or 10. Ihe I'.xeelltive Gnu,mil ha- ap] t'oveu ol Martin Place resumption, to cos! a million, which, will he reduced to a quarter when the residues are dis] escil of. ’I lie it';-I:in|H ions include the site of St. Stephens Prc-hyleriaii Church. and otliei important- building, in the heart ■ of the city. X.S.W. EDUCATION. SYDNEY, October In. The annual report of the Miiiistci i .Education alluding to the shortage of teachers, says seven hundred tearhets must he added to the staff yearly, before the Department could satisfy the demands for metropolitan and country schools. RUGBY FOOTBALL. SYDNEY. October 1.0. The 11.light' Union in order to mark the jubilee of New South Whiles l'nion has ileeided to grant an amnesty re titty pia.ver who left the Union nr is ineligible for membership, provided he lugs not received any t aynienl for playing. FR UT 111 iFNTY. M *- BOFRX E. i ictnher 111. It is il lidoi.stood cliat the I'ederul Califne! lias decided to advocate cue hundred thousand for the hot lily I'o: fruitgrowers, the bounty ranging from six to tell pounds sterling per ton. APPRENTICES. PERTH, Ovinia r PL The ina 11 it fact tit eI -- Cei.gi ess passed a resolution that in view ol the -Mintage of skilled labourers, the number <’i male apprentices to adult worker.-, he one to one. TELEPHONE SERVK E.

SYDNEY, Oct. 11. A new telephone trunk line hetweer Sydney and Brisbane was opened vesterdav. The cost is As Sil lor llil'eC minutes and Ills between Brisbane an.i .Melbourne. Two repeaters were in-tail-ed at Singleton and Glen limes, which magnified speech to a startling extent. Ruth Mr 'Lawson and Sir G. P'ulh-r called up Air Theodore for a eoniers.it ion to signalise the inauguration of the new service. Mr Gibson hopes shortly to connect Adelaide with Brisbane by I eleiiliiin", LIQUOR ROLL result. BRISBANE, Oct. II The liquor poll totals show : State ('olltl'ol .... lA. 7A9 Prohibition 117.23.'! Oonf inuatioo H-VISo