AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3504, 16 June 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received 9.50. SYDNEY, This Day. Ax-rived: I<‘rom New Zealand, Kaitnna -.ul<l,_ Karori.

The we-afller is fine and clear this m«.mling‘, and all conditions promising. The route presents a brilliant spectacle in early sunlight. Long before day-lm-al: long streams of people were wending their way to vantage points {n‘oun(l the harbour and cliifs outside to watch the Renown enter -and pro(reed up the harb”o'ur_ Trams and trains are pouring in gl-eat. crowds, who are ulr«‘:l(ly taking "rlmir places along the line of rollto_ . M.E.I.B()URNE. This Day.

"It idlv through the strike. though there urv unly two thousand actual st.l'ikol:'~.:. The decision of the OIIIp]O_YCI‘S to act unitedly has resulted in a hardening tendency, minimising any gleam of zn <=mnpl'mnisC. The ;<fl'ikers’ deputafion to the Premier ac.-.4.-n:<od the latter of taking sides with the employers. Mr Lrm-son (H-nied the impeachment, insi§fin,<_l that he only endeavoured {'o keep public buildings going. Cabinet ref-‘use<] to intervene. in the dispute, asserting the principle of deciding indu.<h'i:ll disputes was at sfake; therefow the matter should be determinecl by the Court. -

NEWCASTLE, This Day. _ Sailedz Karma, for Wellington; Wo.<tlnor('l:l.nd and Whangape.

BREAKING OF THE DROUGHT.

MARKETS REVOLUTIONISED.

SYDNEY, J une 15.

For many months gthe Hionifebush market has been overcrowded with stock from droughf-stricken areas. Axnongst the oiferings were many thousands of breeding ewes and young wethers, which sold at sacrificial prices. With the coming of _rain, however, the position has conwpletely altered. There is a great demand for re-stocking purposes, and ‘this has caused prices to rocket and large_ly d_e;plete the market for mutton supply.‘ In lesser degree, the cattle ma.r]_<et. has been similarly affected. .