Australians Seven Wickets For 67.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 314, 21 December 1936, Page 5

Australians Seven Wickets For 67.

At luncheon adjournment today in the second Test at Sydney, the Australians had lost seven wickets for 67 runs. O’Reilly (30) and McCormick (6) were batting. Bradman failed to score, being caught off Voce.

Cotton Manufacturers’ Offer To Employees. Press Association—Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m. To-day). London, December 20. The cotton employers conceded an increase to operatives of from Is Id to Is 2d in the pound compared with the workers’ demand of Is Bd.

England’s Chances for Second T i lest.

Press Association—Copyright. (Received 10.45 a.m. To-day). London, December 20

Woodfull, in “The News of the World,” says;: “Bradman made full use of his bowlers, ringing the changes with commendable, judgment, but nothing would go right for him, and unless Bradman for once rises to the occasion at the Test at Sydney I feel certain that English victory is assured.

Continental Bankers and Currency Stabilisation.

Press Association —Copyright. (Received 11 a.m. To-day.) Athens, December 20. The Governors of the central banks of Greece, Yugoslavia, Rumania and Turkey, at a conference, expressed regret at their Inability to adhere to the British - American Monetary' Agreement. They would prefer to act in bank international settlements as a single body, while advocating an early definite stabilisation of currencies by the principal Powers. *

Weather Causes Anxiety Over Test Wicket.

Press Association —Copyright. (Received Noon.) Sydney, To-day. The unsettled state of the weather caused anxiety about the Test wicket. Arthur Mailey, in the Daily Telegraph, says that the heavy rain which fell early in the morning w77l probably mean that the wicket to-day will be a gluepot. The State' Meteorologist prc,d[ic|ts further falls of rain during the week.