AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1922, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

TRADE WITH GERMANY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, August '2. Predictions that the country would be flooded with German goods when the embargo was lifted yesterday were not fulfilled. The Maimyo. the only steamer so far from a German port, landed 138 cases, the whole consignment being Czecho-Slovakian in origin. POLITICS IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, August 2The Premier (Mr. Theodore), referring to the motion against the Government, said the Government intended to remain in office, as no other party in the House was able to carry on if the Government could not. DESIGNATING ORIGIN OF GOODS. Sydney, August 2. In the Assembly, Mr. Fuller, replying affirmatively to a question whether he would consider the advisableness of providing that all goods exposed for sale should plainly show the country of origin, said: “It is a pity we cannot compel some people to have a similar notice on their backs-” SYDNEY HARBOR BRIDGE. Sydney, August 2. Tn the Assembly, the Minister of Works gave notice to introduce the North Shore Bridge Bill, which would be treated as a non-party measure. RECIPROCAL TARIFF DEBATE. Melbourne, August 2. It is unlikely that the House of Representatives will resume the debate on the New Zealand Tariff Treaty before the end of the present week. PUBLIC SERVICE WAGES CUT. Brisbane, August 2. Much dissatisfaction exists in Labor ranks at the action of the Government in reducing the wages of the public servants. Meetings of protest strongly condemned the action as being a repudiation of the principle of arbitration.