AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1922, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A FARMER’S DEATH. By Telegraph.—Press Assd.—Copyright. Sydney, July 8. The police are of opinioh that King was not murdered, but kicked on the head by his horse, examination of his skull indicating that such was the case. SYDNEY SHEEP SALES. Sydney, July 8. The closing series of the sheep sales produced the highest auction price for the week, Lord Brothers, of Queensland, paying 760 guineas for a. special double stud ram of Peppin-Wanganella blood from Millead’s stud at Jerilderie. A. Bolger, Woolambeen, paid 500gns. for a ram from Mills’ station, Hay. Falkiner’s stud merino ram. which gained the award of grand champion in the unhoused section at the recent show, has been sold privately for 1200 guineas. REPLY TO MR. CATTS. Sydney, July 8. The executive of the Australian Labor Party has appointed a committee to prepare a reply to each charge of Mr. Catts. Several people cited by Mr. Catts as informants in connection with the charges emphatically deny the statements attributed to them. DEFECTIVE CHARTING. Sydney, July 8. In the course of a lecture the president of the Royal Society stated that, Recording to the report on Commonwealth navigation, one-third of the Australian coast remained uncharted in the modern sense of the term. Char tings of a portion of the Northern Coast were only roughly delineated as they were left 110 years ago by the explorer Flinders. The president added that, had the work been done tw’enty years ago. it would have trebly repaid itself by the prevention of wrecks on uncharted rocks during the period. COASTAL TRADE. Sydney, June 8. The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce received a notification from the Prime Minister’s ‘Department intimating that permission would not be given to British vessels to trade between Australian ports, as it would result in a lowering of the standard of wages and accommodation of Australian seamen, or else drive Australian vessels out of the trade. GIRLS OVERCOME BY FUMES. Sydney, July 8. Fifty or sixty employees, chiefly girls, at Joyce’s biscuit factory, Camperdown. collapsed through being overcome by fumes from the ovens. The victims fainted in heaps, and were promptly removed to the hospital, where respiratory efforts brought them round after two had been given up. The majority were allowed to return home, but several are still in hospital. ANTI DUMPING LAW. Melbourne, July 8. Mr. Rodgers has issued an explanation of the anti-dumping regulation. He states that precautions have been . taken to protect Australian manufacturers against competitors from counI tries with a depreciated currency and ■to preserve the preference already granted in the import tariff to the United Kingdom. LONG WOOL SHEEP. Sydney, July 8. The annual report of the Australian Long-wool Sheep-breeders’ Association states that, in spite of the restricted movements of long-wool sheep, the council is of opinion that the prosperity of former years will soon return and their popularity be again fully established. THE MOUSE PLAGUE. Syndey, July 8. The mouse plague is still causing much damage in the country districts. With the advent of the coid weather the mice have swarmed from the paddocks into the residences and outhouses. A farmer in the Albany district caught 2000 in a barn during a single night.