AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1930, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

LORD STONEHAVEN. TERM OJi OFFICE EXPIRES. . * • (Australian Press Association.) (Received 10.35 a.m.j)'l| .... ... , : SYI>NEY,; Oct. 1. Lord Stonehaven, w.ho lias Completed ,b is term as Governpr-Geheral of Australia;, sails, by. , the, , Mafuiganui fco-niorrpw. for. New Zealand eu route fp Eugland. ; Yi'v 10 .’SIR OTTO NIEMEYEMi

" HIS 5 TACTICS CRITICISED

(Received 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 1

The Acting Minister for Industry (Mr Beasley) speaking at, the Glebe Town Hftjij attacked ,§ir,o. Ndemeyei' who, he, said, had exceeded amU’tesies, we; extended by. interfering i n ogr-; domestic affairs. The hafi come to denounce liirp, ~f t The; conditions si he is...trying to'impose '.on the Ooinnton.wealth is making stefilfgovernment' a farce and 'Parliament. an outlived. institution,.,. Air Beasley indicated the attempt to balance 'the' get be abandoned temporarily. He promised emphatically that no Cabinet action would be taken to reduce salaries or pensions. , • 1 '

BTSHOPS RETURNING,

SYDNEY, Oct. 1

Archbishop Redwood and Bishop White are returning to New Zealand by the Maunganui to-morrow. A STRANGE- STORY. QUESTION OF SYDNEY DRAFTS (Received 11.40 a.in.) ; SYDNEY, Oct. 1. .: The publishes' ay at range story that information has Sydney "that New Zealand banks in future will not accept drafts drawn on Sydney firms. Ordinary trade drafts are not affected.

Enquiry' disclosed that owing to the- outflow of funds to New Zealand, as a ; result of' nervousness, qw'ingj to the talk in certain .circles of repudiation, tiie banks are moving to prevent .the transfer of funds fdr which ’there is pto justification. Their action will in nowise embarrass trade relations between Australia- and the Dominion.

EXPORT OF SHEEP. SYDNEY, Oct. l

The paper makeis what it terms an exposure of an alleged play to export stud sheep to Russia and South Africa. through New Zealand, where they would he pastured for a short time and sent on. The ‘‘Guardian” says ififty thousand -sterling V? available" for the purchase money of the first instalment, It is expected that ten thousand Australian merino sheep wil 1 he exported to Russia, and a lesser number to South Africa. Five thousand sheep were shipped to Russia from Sydney last November, the Commonwealth Government’s preventive action not being taken quickly enough to (block a steamer’s . departure.