AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARL! ASSOCIATION SIR GEORGE FENWICK, PRESS DELEGATES FOR N.Z. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 9. Sir George Fenwick has arrived, en route to New Zealand. He said that Lord Eurnham and other British delegates to the Empire Press Union meeting in Australia next year would spend 11 month in New Zealand before coming to Sydney. They would arrive in the Dominion in September next. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY. Dee. 9. The Wool Sales were resumed, there being keen competition in all sections, anil a strong market, ruled for good descriptions of merino. Faulty descriptions. both merino and crossbred, were slightly irregular. Lambs’ wool was in strong demand. Greasy merino sold to -Isld. WATERFRONT FIGHT. 'SYDNEY, December S. In the High Court, the Orient Steam ship Company, the Commonwealth Line and other employers applied for an injunction to restrain the Waterside Workers’ Federation from committing alleged hrciu-hes of the award and attempting anything in the nature of a strike. After argument, the ease was adjourned till Monday next. AERIAL DERBY. SYDNEY, December 8. The Aerial Derby was flown ill bright, sunny weather, and was won by Captain Follelt. who llew 37 miles in 20min 5(1 -1-5 seconds.

AUNT I? AU A N Wll EAT YIELD. .Received this day at 9 ‘£s a.m ) SYDNEY. December 9. After an extended tour of the States wheat area the “Daily Telegraph” agricultural editor says that should nothing untoward in the way of the weather intervene, during the next three or four weeks, u bumper harvest is assured. A record in the aggregate quality cannot he looked for, hut nil absolute record in the yield per acre is a distinct possibility. The previous record was 17.8 bushels per acre. The Editor forecasts an eighteen bushel harvest and the total yield will he over fifty million bushels. SETTLED OUT OF COURT. SYDNEY. Dee. 9. When the ease of the “Daily I olograph” newspaper company v. Broadcasters’ Ltd. came Ic-lore the Enquiry Court, it was announced that a setllenient had been arrived at.

IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE. SYDNEY. Dec. !). Sir George Fenwick stated the leading newspaper proprietors of Britain are linking forward with keen interest to the approaching meeting of the Imperial Press ('outoroneo to he held ill Australia. The gathering will he one Cf the most imunitaut of its kind yet held. The delegates’ visit to N.Z. will he entirely informal and of a social character. Sir George r'ciiuirk. while in London attended a meeting of the Commerce of the Empire. The question ol preference to the Dominion was discussed. hardly a dissentient voice being raised against the principle. With the return to power of the Baldwin Ministry. lie said the whole question had assumed a different form and undoiihtedIv the decisions of the Imnerial Conference would now he given effect to without niucli delay. There is no doubt now that the pnlilieal future of Britain is ill better hands, that trade "’ill revive. The Labour Ministry had a damping effect on trade, hut now greater conlidcncc is expressed and there is also a keener desire to put capital into ventures which would have been shunned under Labour rule. Another matler of the-utmost imparlance lo Australia and N.Z. concluded Sir G. Fenwick, is the Singapore Base. The general feeling manifested after the victory of the Conservative Party had taken place, was that Singapore Base had been established. I line was liltlv dollht in his mind that it would he carried into effect almost immediately.

A CONTRADICTION. .MELBOURNE, Dccemher 9. In reference to the reported accentami of tenders for the erection of beam wireless stations Mr Bruce (l‘i'deral Premier) states that he has received no advice of a tender being accepted. The “ Age ” newspaper refers to the alleged acceptance as an apparently inspired renort and adds: “It is considered astounding that, up to the present no official notification of any such decision has heen received by the Commonwealth Government from its representative oil the Board ol Direetois nf the Amalgamated Wireless Limited.” AUSTRALIAN AND GERMAN* TREATY. MELBOURNE. December 9. In answer to a question whetllel Australia was likely to join in the commercial treaty concluded between Britain and Germany Mr Bruce replied is; the negative.