AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3600, 12 October 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CRICKET MATCH CHARGES. Received 12.10 a.m. j MELBOURNE, This day. , : The Cricket Association has decided j that the admission charge for test ’ matches be two shillings. I WOOL SALES POSTPONED. This day. Owing to industrial troubles, the wool sales set down for 19th inst, have been postopned. Fifty-nine thousand bales are held up. t | PRICE OF COAL. MELBOURNE, This day. . Coajl from Wonthaggi has been inj creased by 5/ per ton, hard coal from j other mines by 6/ per ton. i AUSTRALIAN WHEAT. ADELAIDE, This day. t ’ Major Sanders, representing the Egptian Government, says he has concluded a contract with the Australian Wheat Board for a supply of wheat and flour for Egypt; but the ! Board desired that particulars be not published at present. JAPS. FOR AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, This day. J . ' I I Mr Howe, Minister for Territories, ! 1 is investigating the allegation that j Japanese are secretly entering North- ! ern Australia. ( ■ ! ' ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Received 12.10 a.m. SYDNEY, This day. Sailed; Tarawera } for Dunedin. ■ From Port Kembla; Waitomo (for j Wellington. 1 RELIEF DURING DROUGHT' * Received 9.55 a.m, , SYDNEY. This Day. I The operations of the Rural Indus- ! tries Board, formed by the State GovI ernment for ithe purpose of purchasing j the produce of other States for distribution* to necessitous farmers during | the drought in New South Wales, are .estimated to show a Joss of £500,000 on the purchases of forage and grain. | alone. ■ j ■, , j i PRE S DELEGATES RETURN. » i | SYDNEY, This Day. I I i Five members of the Australian delegation 'to the Empire Conference returned by the Niagara. | THE COST OF LIVING. , SYDNEY. This Day. The Commission inquiring .into the cosa of clothing reported that it was ' unable to regard the returns, as the total output was not more than 5 per cent, on * he ; turnover. |The report adds that the main cause of high prices ■is the high e.os;: of goods to the trader °nd the relief fo be found by cutting down his profits would be comparatively small. LABOUR DELEGATE HOLDS BACK. Civip-tSv TV- r>;\y. The soer^tarv n f th« Trades and y •'boil- Cr,iir>cil h«.«i not to attend the London Trade Union Conference in November. a« he has been advised bv the editor of the London Daily Herald not to go. RECORD TOTE INVESTMENTS. eV'-viav' ni, ivo, The Jotalisn- or f n y the ‘ four days of the Randwiek meeting n o o £311.000. an easy record.