AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1922, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SACKS PROTECTED FROM RODENTS By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright, Received April 6, 10.30 p.m. Sydney/ April 6. A Sydney doctor has successfully tested a solution for spraying bags of wheat with a preparation wheih prevents attack by rats and mice.

AUSTRALIAN BEEF. Melbourne, April 6. The Commonwealth Government has decided to assist the depressed beef industry by granting a subsidy of one farthing per pound on all beef and also this season’s beef in store in cool chambers before October 31 and shipped before December 31, provided certain conditions are complied with, including a reduction of wages and a reduction in the cost of treatment at the meat works. A DISTINGUISHED METHODIST. Sydney, April 6. The Revi F. D. Blakeslee, who is a distinguished Methodist from the United States, and who was present at Lincoln’s last speech, has arrived in Sydney from China, on a tour of the world. He said that China would have to give up internecine strife if the Washington resolutions were to be of any use. He added that the Prohibition Act in the United States would never be repealed, as the benefits were proving much greater than the most enthusiastic ever predicted. AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDING. Sydney, April 6. The warship Adelaide underwent highly successful trials, proving that Australian workmen are capable of turning out a standard of work as high as the British yards and in many respects superior. The Adelaide has taken over four and a-half years to build, but an officer explained that the delay was due to alterations in consequence of lessons learned at Jutland. The cost was roughly £1,250,000, against £450,000 each for the Melbourne -and Sydney, which were constructed in England.

NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. Sydney, April 6. It is anticipated that Mr. Dooley, who is in a private hospital with an injured ankle, will tender his resignation in a few days.