AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3381, 9 January 1920, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

I OBITUARY. 5 A PIONEER FEDERATIONIST. l ___... f SYDNEY, Jan. 7. I —‘ Sir Edmund Barton ’s death was,draniatically sudden. He was in indifi'e!'-I ent health for seine time and had beenl i recuperating. He went to bath, which I was always :1 leng.hy process, and nolalarm was felt; until an latte-rnpt to lopcn the door failed. _Entl'allce Wab‘ ' gained by the window. After finishing , his bath he w-:3 dressing and collapsed Ihehind the dcor. 1-lc died of 5 L-‘allure. There are wildcspre.-id tl'i'vui‘o-*‘ I to the great legislator, a pioneer FederI ‘.iClllSt and -a great lawyer. I I "The late Sir Edniund Barton was §l‘rimo Minister and Minister‘ or .L'A.\‘ Irernal AtlLi.'rs in the first Australian l_r:‘.:der:—ll Cabinet. lie was one of the I most proniin.eu': Australian legi:4lat::l':3.; I A PROPOSED Coi\":E‘l£RlflNCli. I SYDNEY, Jan. 7. - The latest phase oi‘ .he innrine engiInecrs’ trouble is the executive has asked the shipping companies to confer I with a View of early settlement. ‘The Shipping Controller agreed providing thc- conference is "held at Melbourne. OFFER TO BUY TERRITORY. ' sY.oNteV.'. Jan. 7. Before the Conimission Ml‘ Carey I was questioned as to why he left ‘,the' I3.‘(l1l]ll1lSl1'all011 to join Vestey’s, andl then rejoined the Administration, andl I it’ Dr. Gilruth was ‘anxious to get him I to rejoin in order to cover up Dr. Gil-I li'utll’s‘irucks. Carey replied: “Youl .'ll‘(‘, \\'i'<,-rig. All he knew was ‘that Dr. (:1-iliuth l;no'.=,' lie ,desired reappointl ll1(*lll‘..’ I lieplying to Justice Ewing ’s enquiry I 21;: ‘(O who wantvr-d to buy the territory, Car-e_\,~ said: “l. do not know. I know lin 19.12:‘. the Administrator asked Lordl ‘Forrest if the Commonwealth wanted to sell the territory. Lord Forrest. asked what price was offered. Gilruth replied, ‘Between four and six hundred thousand.’ ” Asked who the buyer was, Dl‘. Grilruth replied that it was chartered by -.1 company which would comply with the White Australia policy. I AUSTRALIAN REFER-ENDUM. I SYDNEY, Jan. 7. The final New South Wales votingl ‘for extending the Federal Government Ilegislative powers was: Yes, 259,638; no, 390,296. _ For granting power to deal with monopolies: Yes, 227,089; no, 365,657. Nearly two hundred thousand votesl were infol'nial. I BURNS PI-lILP COMPANY. _ I OPERATIONS IN DOMINION. I ‘ SYDNEY, Jan. 7. I With reference «to Mr C-arpenter’s appointment by the Burns, Philp Coni- , pany as manager in New Zealand, itl l is stated that the present intention is.‘ I to only open a mercliandise business,l I but it is understood that this will; I shortly be followed by steamer tl-ade.l I and that in the near future the com~: pany will have its own Vessels running ; I to New Zealand with a view to gen-. ' oral extension of business operations‘ I Ithroughout the Dominion I I ’ SWIMMING. _ I ..._...._ II ROSS WINS AGAIN. I SYDNEY, Jan. 7. T I The New South Wales quarter-mile llswimming championship was won by I ross (America), Longworth second, and I Brown third. The race was won in the _, easiest manner byltwenty y'.lrds in 5.22. I BUTTER Am) crrnnsn. ’ ‘BRITISH G‘rOVERNMENT’S . I PROPOSAL'S. I ' MELBOURNE, Jan. 7. ' II It is .1-eported in well-informed cir-I _ ales that the British Government pro-I ' poses to continue the control of butter I I I and cheese for the next two years, andl to be the sole importers of butter inl _ I the United Kingdom over that period. I