AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] A RABBIT DISEASE. SYDNEY, Get. 3. An official report announces the discovery that rabbits in Cooina district are heavily infested with fluke, and urges that before dealing with the disease in sheep and tattle, the rabbit pest should lie dealt with. PAPER BONES. DI'KLBOFDNF. Get. 3. In the House of Representatives Dir Bruce anoimeed that iu the next Parliament. proposals will Ik> submitted to pay a bounty of four pounds sicrlin per ton for the manufacture of marketaide newsprint and other paper from Australian raw material. ft is hoped thereby to develop and firmly establish an important new industry. He particularly referred to proposals by the Amalgamated zinc companies to manufacture in Tasmania, paper from Australi.'in hardwoods. ROTARY SYSTEDi DISPUTE. BRISBANE. Get. 3. The dispute concerning the rotary system in engaging wntersiders continues. Notwithstanding instructions from the Federal Executive to discontinue the enforcement of the system certain Queensland suh-hrauehes persist in making ii a condition of .settlement. A meeting between the Premier and representatives of sub-bran-ches proved abortive.

WHEAT GRODYINO. SYDNEY. Get. 3. The Government Statistician reports the total area sown ir. wheat for the current season. 15.1)80.000 acres of which 3.327,090 will be harvested and the remainder cut for hay. The figures represent a decrease in area sown of 202.000 acres, or 0.0 per cent, as compared with the | revious year. The area to be harvested is 210.000 acres less than in 1924. RANDWK K SENSATION. SYDNEY. October 4. There was consternation among the racegoers at Kandwiek course yesterday when it was discovered that hundreds o]' people were ill possession ol non-olficial hooks. file discovery was made iust before the first rare started. The faked hooks had a similar appearance to the ollieiul books except that they were pink instead of blue. An examination showed that they contained numerous errors, ineluding wrong numbers. This led the unwary purchasers of the unnlTicin! books who had failed to notice an official warning which was posted when the discovery was made, to hack the wrong numbers. Some thereby lost heavily.

Detectives quickly got to work and arrested a man on the course. They later arrested three other men and two boys. They also seized a complete printing pilant that is said to have been used for the forgeries. The police also discovered Clot) in Morins, allegedly part of the proceeds of Hie sale of the faked books. Another sensation wa* she act ion id thieves in taking advantage of the bustle after the last race 1n snatch his bag from I lie bookmaker Jack Mandcl. containing 22500 in notes. The thieves got clear away.

UMPIRE DFFFGATFS. MELBOURNE. <>< :. I. The Press delegates spent Saturday i>n a trip b> Daudeiioiig Ranges, and Were tlu guests at a dinner given by the Newspaper Proprietors’ Assn. at night. UN-PREMIER MARRIES. (Received this day at. 10.25 a.in.) SYDNEY. October 5. Mi d. C. Watson, the first Labour Prime Minister of the ( oiiiinoliw ea ll li. Sms ej a rib ed Miss Fane, ol Westralia AUSTRALIA AND N.Z. COMPARED. MELBOURNE, October 5. Speaking on liehalt ol New Zealand at a dinner tendered to the delegales to the Press Conference by the newspaper proprietor*. Mr llorton said the visit had been a wonderlid edueanon. Australia and New Zealand were proceeding on somewhat dillereut lines. Comparing the exports ol the two countries in relation to their population he said Australia showed an apparent shortage of produce. The reason for this, however, was that now Hint Australia was manufacturing extensively she was able lo find lor hetself a larger market. She was also probaby employing in her factories men, who. in New Zealand, would he engaged in pastoral pursuits. New Zealand was bent on bringing her waste land into cultivation as quickly as possible. Australia desired to he more self-i on Ia i lied, more sell-support-ing.