AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3445, 26 March 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received 10.-15 a.m. MELBOURNE, this day. In the House of Representatives Mr Cook stated the annual liabilities on loans paid up to December, 1919, amounted to £35,346,397. The amount of loans bearing interest payable to Deeember, 1919, was £296,131_.430. Light and medium hides are a. halfpcnny per lb easier. ’Barleyi,-"English, 7/2 to 7/6; Cape 6/1 to 6/3-.j » - ~ . ‘ Oats,‘ Algerian milling 5/8 to 5/9; fced"s/2 to 5/3.-n. ~ - 1 1 Potatoes, £8 to £8 5/; ' Onions £ll 10/“to £ll 15/. ‘ ' PERTH, this day. Speaking at the municipal reception. Mr Watt said part of his mission to London was to tell the British Govern ment that the Australian Government was determined the indemnity must be enforced, and ascertain the date of the first payment. Received 10.35 a.m. ' SYDNEY, this day. Commercial men in Sydney and Melbourne are generally of opinion the tarifir‘ will increase the cost of living, and the State remedy‘ lies in increasetl production.

MELBOURNE, this day.

As :1 result of the "war raising Australia to the status of a nation, considerably inr-.ro':lsing her participation in foreign al"fainl's, the High Commissioner’s duties in future will include diplonmtic liaison Rvork, activities in regard to trade and commerce, also extending and necessitating the es« tablishment of a Department of Trade mid Commerce. '

It is unofiicially stated that Mr Cook is succeeding Mr Fisher, whose term oxpil'e(] in Oc’tobcl'.

Mr Hugho;=. in znmouncing the in(*.l‘(‘:lS€d pfice of sugar, said the Govol'nmml? was losing £20,000 dafly thl‘oug‘h haying to sell at 3141 per lb. I’nJer the new :Ig‘Z"P,(‘.lDCll‘{. retailers are pel'miHed, but direct from the Sugm (‘mnpzzny.