AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1926, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] PRODUCE PRICES. AI FI LUO URN E, Afarcli 12. Wheat—quiet, sellers scarce and buyers indifferent. Prices, 5s 10d, os lid. Oats—milling -Is. selected •Is 2d. feed 3s (id. 3s Bd. Barley— English 4s, Is fid. Cape 3s fkl. Potatoes—£lo I Os, £ll. Onions—£l6, £lO Ids. NEW TENNIS RULE. SYDNEY, A larch 12. The importation of the interpretation of the footfault rule in tennis was made M’hen the New .South Wales 1 mpires Association decided that in future members of the Association will allow players in serving to swing their uplifted foot over an imaginary continuation of the centre mark and the side line. CO.MITLSORY WHEAT POOL. SYDNEY, A larch 12. A conference of the Southern Division of the Branches of the Bureau of Agriculture, after a discussion on the best way of disposing of next seasonls wheat, resolved, unanimously, in lnvour of a compulsory pool. DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK. SYDNEY, Alareli 12. The town of lnverell, in Northern N.S.W. is still in tho throes of the outbreak of dengue fever. Over ninety per cent of the inhabitants are suffering from the disease in a more or loss serious form. Business in the town is greatly affected. NEW CRIMES ACT. .MELBOURNE, Alareli 12. The Senate read the third time the Ciimes Act Amendment hill hv 21 votes to 5. QUEENSLAND SAYLAIAIER. ftYDNEY, Afarch 13. The Queensland su-i miner, Reg. Grier, has sailed for Xeu- Zealand. He was the only Australian swimmer, to accept. Hie Waitcmnta Club’s invitation.