AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1925, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. OAPjI ASSOCIATION. A XT! IK AX. SYDNEY. -l-invtary 2. An outbreak of anthrax reported among flock sheep near Cootamundra. RAILWAY MEETING. SYDX liY, January 2. A mooliii" of the State Council of Australian railways Union is railed for Saturday next to consider a proposal for an irritation, strike throughout the service. PERTH, January 2. The Clan .Monroe has sailed from Freeman tlo. I XCR EASED REVENUE. MELBOURNE. January 2. Every State Customs revenue showed an increase for- tlie first six months of the financial year the revenue amounting to £18.800,3-!(• compared with C17.712.30-> for the previous similar ]ieriod. BRISBANE. January 2. Revenue returns for six months amounted to £0.117..')"!) compared with C 0.97 1.033 last year. GREAT WHEA T VI KM). SYDNEY. January 3. The Minister for Agriculture stales that as a result of his tour of the wheat licit he is convinced that the estimated yield of fifty million bushels during the coming season will he greatly exceeded. UI.IMAKOA DISPUTE. SYDNEY. January 3. A settlement has been reached in the Ulimaroa dispute and the ship will sail to-day. The trouble arose over tlie seamens’ decision .that crews must be picked up at the Seamen’s Union rooms. The coastal companies are now effected and the Merimbula trading to the south coast was nimble to depart on time • 'The owners are firm in their resolve to retain the right to select irews and a grave ontonsion of fhe troiiulo threatens. Mr Prallen, Minister for Customs, stated that if the dispute continues the Eederal Government may decide upon a nartial suspension of the Navigation Act thus permitting the entry of British ships into Australian ■ coastal trade.