AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3381, 9 January 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

' NORTHERN TERRITORY ‘ SCANDAL_ WHITE POPULATION NOT _WANTED. Received 8.55 am. A DARWIN, Jan. 8. 1 In evidence before the Commission, of Inquiry, Callan. hotel supervisor-,1 stated the dissatisfaction was due. tuj the ‘Administration being in favour or,‘ companies, and"a"gainsat Whites in fa-i vour of blacks, and in a lesser degree it was caused by the endeavour made‘ to purchase the Territory. Indigna-1 tion meetings were held frequently,j but no satisfactory reply was ever received. Witness added, Gilruth ‘denied? having any interest in the Daly mines; and the Minister’s statement to Re—! presentatives supported this. Asked] if it was thought that the Gilruth pol- I icy, was to introduce Latin races, and! that the presence of a foreign element‘ was largely, due to Gilruth, witness‘ replied, DARWIN, Jan. 8. ‘ . At the Commission Mr Justice EW- , ing stated that Palmer, who; was formerly associated with Dr Gilruth in Daly river land matters had left‘ Australia, and was believed to -be in‘ New Zealand. I - - ‘ HUGE FARMERS’ COMPANY. H 5 FEDERATIONS FEDERATING. INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND FIRMS ‘ Received 11.10 a.m. ! MELBOURNE, ‘%this day. The Producers’ Conference has concluded. The principal Tbusiness was re- l parlation memoranda and ‘ articles of association, so that registration‘ might might be efiected early in Feb-? ruary,', when active -opdration ‘Would: commence. Negotia-tion-s will follow} for the purchase of three large organ-isations—-‘The Farmers’ Co—opcrativel Wholesale Federation of New ‘Zealand; The Federated Farmers’_ Cooperative Association of South Africa, and the Australian Producers’ Wholesale Cooperative Federation. '* It arranged. for preliminary investigations, to be made by repreisen't.lative co-operative men in London, with a View to establishing the Federation there for the dual object of buying and selling. The first issue of shares to «be 3000 at £l6 per share: subscription to ‘be confined to those companies engaged in distribution of primary products. MELBOURNE QUOTATIONS, OF FAR-I\l PRODUCE. "MELBOURNE, this day. Following are current market quotations:———— _ I ' Hides: Stout sorts, firm; kips and lighter grades a shade easier. Barley, English 7/ -to 7/3, Cape 6/; to 6/1; oats, Algerian milling, 6/ to; 6/1, feed 5/8 to 5/9; potatoes, £ls to 1 £l7; onions £9 to £9 10/_l. } Shipping 'Con‘trollel's announce la} conference to endeavour to settle the marine engineers’ strike will be heldi on Monday. ARRANGEMENTS WITH ENGINEERS. l I '-""- 1 STEAMERS IN N.Z. TRADE. I _..._———-é ‘SYDNEY, Jan, 8_ I Lambs and C»ompla.n§r have made ar. rarzgements with the engineers working their fleet of steamers engaged in Sydney to New Zoaland coal and tim. bcr trade by which these vessels will I remain in commission. I One" steamer concerned is the Inga, which brings monthly cargoes from! Nevveastle for the VVa.ngt=Lnui Munici. pal Gasiirorks. THE LICENSING POLL. STATEMENTS BY A LECTURER. Received 11.25 pan . SYDNEY, this day. ! Speaking at a welcome :to Alliance delegates, who returned fro mNew Zealand after participating in the prohibition ckampaigll, the Rev. Hammond said ‘numbers ‘bf alleged informal‘ votes had

been wrongfully put aside. Liquor was so strong in New Zealand that they were able absolutely to cloud the issue in April and December. He concluded that the energy of _prohibi. tionis-ts had-somewhat lagged in December, as they Werelsuifering from a sort of War weariness, ‘but in spite of these set-backs, prohibition was coming in New Zealand, and the next fight on this issue would probably be the last one. » THE mvoncn onor. LARGER THAN LAST YEAR. \ Received 11.25 a.m. SYDNEY, this day. Ofl"leial'st'atistics show that -during 1919 there were 1312 petitions for divorce, compared with 934 during the previous year. INFLUENZA. OUT.B'RE_AK. ‘ PATIENTS ALL CONVALESCENT. Received 11.25 21.111. SYDNEY, this day. All the Roggeveen’ls patients are now convalescent, 'and‘no fneshl cases are reported. z UNION OF CHURCHES. PROPOSAL FAVOURED. Received 11.25 a.m. SYDNEY, this day. Voting on the question of union of the Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches shows that a majority are in favour of rthe union, STRONG PUBLIC PROTEST. - NE\VLY—APPOINTED GOVERNOR. Received 11.25 a.m. ' BRISBANE, this day. The appointment of Lennon gas Governor has evoked strong public protest. Aflrepresentative gathering is mooted, and holding of public meetings of protest throughout Queensland, and the despatch of a niemorial to the King praying for revokation of the appointment. p . “"""'?*""N":—"“_"T"j“‘