AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3457, 10 April 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received 10.50 a.m‘

SYDNEY, this day‘

At the yeafling sales, a BuckwheatPuradisea fillylfetched 1250 guineas; a BuckwhVeat—-Soc-iet'y . _;Miss- colt brought. 1200 guineas,;_. BervagoonMarasca filly, 800 guineas. ~

At the Basic Wage Inquiry, house~ agents gave evidence that there was such a scarcity of houses in» the ‘Sletl‘opolitan area that people -ofiered premiums for the privilege of renting, The question was not so much rent, but Whether the house -was obtainable,‘ ADELAIDE, this day.

Land in Ru'ndle's’treet was so]d'for £1233 per foot-—-a record for ‘<_:Adel:’l.ide. The Building trade is at a. standstill, owing ‘to the strike of builders’ lzfbourers, who are demanding 15/ daily. b ‘

BRISBANE, this day‘

' Advices from Solomon Islands state great dissatisfaction is felt at} the administration of the Islands being given to Australia, and a peiitioii is being sent to thé Colonial Office asking t.ha,i: the group be formed into :1 Crown colony.

MELBOURNE, this day. Arrived: Kaituna. from New ZeaIflflde - 7