AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3492, 21 May 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received 11.0 11.111

SYDNEY, this day

Hotel accommodation. for we Prinee’s visit. is already exhausted. Tariffs have increa..~:ed one hundred per cent. A case of pneumonia influellzu has developed on the minesweepez' Ger-an-A ium. ' ' V Mr McGirr’s family endowment scheme. will involve one hundred per cent increase in taxation. The Labour Council has decided to resort to arbitration to secure a fortyfoor hour week.

MELBOURNE, ~t.his day.

The Speaker, on behalf of the House of Representatives, and ‘the President, on behalf of the Senate, at a. gutheo.ring at. Parliament House, presented the thanks of The Commonwealth to the navy and army for their services in the war to x'epl'e.~:enl’atiVes of both forces.

In the House of R(.‘pl‘C:‘Cl)tzlti‘»’€S, Mr Hughes introduced a bill increasing members’ salalies to £l0(1() annually. Some opposition '.'vu.:< manifested.

Mr VViHiams-’ molf.ion for Yhc extension of the mo.v-al‘ol'ium wa..~' negzxtived. Ge11(‘:1':11 Ryrie, speal-;ing in favour of c.m'upulsol'y military trzxining for boys, urged the necesity of .»\us1‘1':lliu being ready for defence, as there might: be a. menace not far away. He ius.t9.nced that Germany was only--wait: ing for her day of revenge, and wouldWuit for Jiffy or one hundred years.

The Federal Government is considering the proposal that 3.1] enemy property in the Islands be liquidated and The proceeds credited in part to the reparation Gcrmzmy was owing the Commonwealth. Received 11.0 a.m. SYDNEY‘, This Day.

A connnittee has been formed to consider the establishment of :1 State Grand Opera Compa'n}' and the erection of a S_'t":ltc. Opera House. BRISBANE, This Day. Sailedz Gallic for New Zealand. The prohibition referendum is taking placrn -012 Onfoher 30. NEVVCASTLE, This Day.

Sailedz Schwarzenfels for Auckland; Amagisan Maru fox; New Zealand_

MELBOURNE‘, This Day

Sailed: Wa.ikaxva.'fo:- New Zealand‘

Following are current market pric‘es:—Ba.rley, English, 7/4 to 7/9; Cape 6/3 to 6/6. Oats, Algerian, 6/ to 6/3. Potatoes £l3 to £l3 10/. Onions £l3 10/ to £l4. The continuation is announced -of the meat contracts befween Australia and the Imperial Government. They: provicle for "the sale to Britain of all the exportafile surplus. V

The Senate passed} the Oil Agreement Bill. ~.