AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, 9 July 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

fl MANUKA READY TO SAIL. 5 V 300 'Ie’ASSEN-GERS ABOARD. i ¢,.CI?EW'TURNS‘ THEM DOWN. ~ l l SYYDNEY, July 8. l- The Manuka is all ready to sail‘ Three hundred passengers are aboard; but a full crew is not available. ' SEAMEN HOLD TI-IE MOERAKI. WELLINGTON, July 8. Sir Jahes Allen has received the following eablegram fqom the Government agent at Sydney: I advised the secretary of the Seamen’s Union as directed. He replies that members refuse further discussion regarding the (leparture of the Moeraki. ~ ATJSTRALIAN WHEAT FOR JAPAN. MELBOURNE, July 8. Japanese buyers purchased 7500 tons of second grade‘wheaxt."a't 5/721- }:'.o.b. BATTLESHIP ..=N EW ZEALAND. c SYDNEY, .'lulyh 8. The flagship New Zealand. has gone to Jervois Bay. She returns to Sydney in time to participate in the Peace -Regatta eelebli-ations,g which incl‘ud_e a. chain of bon-fires ‘on the harbour front. , THE SHIPPING STRIKE. EXPECTED TO BE PROLONGED. SYYDNEY, July 8. A prolonged shipping strike is now expected. The se=a«men’s ofiieials are ur_~likely« to endeavour to eifect a settlement until a.moVc is made by the Government and ship—owners.

THE _ARMAG-H~.’S- lACIC OMMODAT lON .,\‘,; ~A REPORT DENIED. - .- ._ ‘ ‘ ISYDNEY, "July 3. ';.,.SAir_.OWen Cox flellies the Statenlellt in ar_LiAnekland cable th-a.t.!tlle A_rmagll had‘ ‘aCcQnl'moidal~:'iol_p for fifty_ saloon passengers and qual"rers for 8. thousand troops, yet only ;a. few were allowed to pass the embargo barrier. Sir Owen Cox states that =the 'A?rnlagll only hadsix; cabins. She took" twelve gentlemen and one lady, and,‘ therefore, was ove_'r—full.” %he troop -:LCC-Olllnlodil'fiOll was" dismantled before the vessel left Australia, , ‘

. ..._\......_............. 4 LONDON WOOL SALES. WELLINGTON, July 8. ‘The Bank of New Zealancl has received the following cable from the London office under date July 4th:—VVool sales closed firni at current prices for Wools of average condition. Merinos, 40d to 50d; half-'breds, 42d fto 46d; erossbreds (fine) 37d to -lid; crossbreds (medium) 25d to 29d;-:cross—-breds (coarse) 21d to 23d. The Biadfoird -wool markef is firm. Erices are _unch:avilged,’bu-t. little busineés is" Vpanssimnigl,‘ tlie sp.iiixle:r(s' being Vfixiell-I bdoked up__’to nieet ‘their rcquii"em'ents. L _...._.._..............