AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1931, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

LAUGH WHEAT EXPORTS

(Australian Press Association!

SYDNEY', January 20

Simultaneously with an announcement that the Federal Government’s arrangements for assisting wheat farmers had lulled through, charters for more than twenty vessels to lift grain for abroad have been completed, it is expected ■ that by the end of March, eightv-uine thousand tons of wheat will have been exported.

ATTEMPT TO CENSER*

(Received this day at 9 a SYDNEY, January 20

In the Assemb.v, Mr Bavin afterwards sought the suspension of the standing orders to move a motion censuring the Premier for having denied on December 19, that he had applied to the Loan Council for financial assistance. Mr Bavin explained that the press had published correspondence revealing that Mr Lang’s statement was false. Tin* Assembly should therefore record its condemnation of his action in misleading the House. The motion for suspension of the standing orders was defeated on a i arty division ,und the censure lapsed

YACHT RACE

SYDNEY, January 20.

The first heat for the Savona ra. Cup was sailed outside Sydney Heads today in a choppy sea. The New South Wales yacht Vaness won by twelve minutes, including a time allowance from flu 1 challenger, the Victorian Arcospire IV.

RANK RETURNS

SYDENY, January 20,

Banking abstracts of eleven New South Wales trading banks for the quarter ended December 31st, showed deposits continue to fall and totalled 106 millions or a million less than for the previous quarter. Fixed deposits decreased by 1,182 thousand sterling to 68 millions 385 thousand. The total advances to clients on December 31st were 108?; millions compared with i 110,914,908 at the end of the previous quarter.

CENSURE OF MR LANG

BRISBANE, January 2l

“if New South Wales insists on going bung, then let it go bung,” said Premier Moore, commenting on Mr Lang’s attitude to the Loan Council. New South Wales he said, had apparently been playing on the belief that the Loan Council would meet all committments rather than allow on«? State to default, but it was going to bo stopped.

TT-fE LIE DIRECT

HOBART’. January 21

Mr Lyons, who is chairman of the Loan Council during Mr Scull in’s absence gave the lie direct to Mi- Lang. “There is not the slightest doubt,” said Mr Lyons, “that Air Lang appealed for assistance not only by the letter he wrote, but at the Canberra meeting. There he outlined the financial assistance he required from the banks ”