AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1929, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

CABLE TRAMS

CEASE TO OPERATE.

(AWstraliam Press Association)

MELBOURNE, Sept. 16,

Cable, trams which have run through the city of Melbourne, for forty-three years, now have .ceased operations. The last passed .through the .city on Sunday night. Omnibuses will replace them until the electric tramway system is completed.

A HANDSOME BEQUEST.

MELBOURNE, Sept. 16.

Under the will of James Allan, formerly a suburban grocer, Melbourne Gallery receives the entire estate of thirty-two thousand sterling.

POLITICAL

HOBART, Sept. 16

J. A. Lyons, Leader of the Opposition in the Tasmanian Parliament, and A. Guy (deputy leader) have resigned, in order to become candidates at the Federal parliamentary elections, in Labour interests;

. WHEAT POOL FAILS.

SYDNEY, Sept. 16

In a compulsory wheat pool, ballot,' taken last week, the grocers',', favouring a pool, failed to secure a two-' thirds majority, therefore the scheme was again - defeated. - • 1 1 COLLIERY IDLE. . . SYDNEY, Sept. 16. ; The new Ereta colliery on the Maitland, coalfield isidle because oi the threatened imposition of Darg. Six other small collieries have ceased operations as the result of the stoppage of the railway ( services.

DARING THEFT,

POLICEMAN’S CAR STOLEN.

SYDNEY, Sept. 16,

The limit of audaciousness was reached when thieves stole a policeman’s car standing in front of a police station at Pymble. The oar was found some- time after the disappearance wrecked at the bottom of a cliff. The- fittings had been stripped from the 'body.

SHARE MARKET. PRICES DRQp. SYDNEY, September 18. vThe defeat of the Federal Government on its arbitration proposals has had an immediate adverse effect’ oh'the share - - market, but «;thedecline.-, i5...-not serious,, and prices already display a steadier tone, -though a sustained recovery is hardly to be. expected, until the disquietening general election. The conditions and activity of the past few w’eeks has been remarkable in view ol the prevailing' uncertainty.

: The new sen son’s wool sales show* a decline in ynlue of about 5 per cent, compared with last season’s closing rates. Wools sold thus far are largely ifrom the dry ’areas and are - rather sandier and dustier than usual. Trad-; ing condition's generally are reported to be dull.