AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 158, 9 March 1915, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

BELGIAN RELIEF. % GIFT BY CATTLE KING. Press Association —Copyright. (Reed. 9.15 a.m.) ADELAIDE, This Day. During the wool sale Mr Kidman.the cattle king presented four bales of greasy merino for sale for the Belgians. They realised £7OO. 'i PRIZE COURT. VALUE OF ALTONA FIXED. (Reed. 9.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Admiralty is being requisitioned with respect to the interned steamer Altona. The owners applied to the Court to fix the value and an order was made fixing the price at £41,305. under the Prize Court rules. THE AFTERNOON SHIFT. •< (Reed. 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A conference of colliery proprietors, officials and employees of the Federation are discussing the afternoon shift and there is every indication of a settlement. BUSH FIRES. 350 SQUARE MILES BURNT. (Reed. 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Yesterday's bushfires affected an area of 350 square miles. Many homes were destroyed nad property was damaged. A cool southerly has improved conditions.

COMMONWEALTH BANK. HALF-YEAR'S PROFITS. ■■\ - (Reed. 10.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Commonwealth Bank's profit for the half-year ending 31st December, was £13,428. BLOOD STOCK SALES. SOME FAIR PRICES' REALISED. (Reed. 10.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day, The blcod stock sales averaged 92 S'uineas. Abbe'iy CiraiiW Jtefchedi .top., price, 340 guineas; Persian Light, 300 guineas; Mint Sauce 250gns. WOOL SALES. _____ HIGH PRICES REALISED. / \ (Reed. 10.5 a.m.) j MELBOURNE, This Day, At the wool sales American competition for best Merinos was keen and extreme rates were realised. ADELAIDE WOOL. ] EXCITED BUYING. '.'3 (Red. 10.5 a.m.) ADELAIDE, This Day. At the wool sal'esj bidding was exceedingly 1 ; animated. "Merinos advanced 15 to 25 per cent., the top price being 15£d. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES. ! MURDER A WHITE SETTLER. (Reed 10 a.m.) SYDNEY This The natives who murdered Mr Harry Ballot, a white settler, near Port Moresby, watched him leave his house then clubbed their victim, tie.d his body to a pole and hid it in a grave* Eight boys and one girl were implicated.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. ~* CARMICHAEL WILL NOT RE- ,$ CONSIDER, ./•*' (Reed 10 a.m.). • SYDNEY, This Day. Mr Carmlchael has definitely de« clined to resubmit to nomination.