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THE DAY'S NEWS
Special Features.
Mr. Fentftii, MiuislOr of Customs,:
wil.1 represent Australia at Ihe.KyeA'ower
Nuvitl (jpnfereiicu in ."London. -He will
explain tlic tariff schedule and the Aus
tralian viewpoint to British manufac-
I'acturer,".
Beneficial , effects of the -new tariff
arc being I'elt iu the lnnnufaeturc of spark
plugs and -wireless apparatus. ..A decision
to cheapen' bolts and nuts wps announced
yosterduy. ...
Motor-spring makers will: have to
mnlco energetic preparations to meet tlio
demand, and the need of advance order
ing by' importers is urged.
The Tariff Board yesterday con-
eluded in 'Melbourne its inquiry, into ade
quacy or otherwise of the protection on
substitutes -for butter for use in' Austra
lian products.
. The Lithgow' minors' lodge, the
largest in western New South Wales, has
rejected the terms for the settlement, of
the coal trouble, and pledged itself to
"light to the bitter end in -whatever man
ner the circumstances may demand."
The State Government ; is dimping .
along with its plans to meet Parliament, V"
but it is regarded ul most as certain that
. tliu C, P.P. and babor , forces will be
thrown against it on a no-confidence
motion. v
'the opening ot the new Parliament
has been lixcd lor Wednesday next.
Sowings and plantings for Decem
ber, together wilh.hiuls on improving the
bily ot the Valley bed, helping Carna
tions and the need for supporting sort-
wooded plants ure features of to-day's
gardening notes that will- interest - gar
dening eiilliusia&ls.
General.
The Commonwealth Bank Bill pa&scTi'
the uucoml readme in the Houfic of iepre- :
sentativob ycHtcrdnj', ' 'the new lucome
Lax rates were discussed.
'J- he New boutk "SVnlea Govcnnncut
proposes to make a further levy on
amusements to the tuuo ot £70,000 u,
year.
lite (Soviet expresses amazement at
the intervention ot the United. States in
the biiio-Jiussiun dispute in vievof- Ame
rica's expressed desire to have no oiticmi
relations with Russia.
\ lor the first five months of the
finuncinl year the railway revenue has
declined by £177,303 to £4,091,091. The
CoinnwhsioneiV wheat estimate is more?'
hopeful than that of other experts.
More tea and much less beer -were
consumed in Great Britain during- the year -
endpd in .March, but the severe winter
accounted lor a jump m the use of
whisky ! .- \
Sir W JVlcPIicrson has given £25,000
to the- Queen Victoria Hospital commit
tee for the estabhsliment of a community "
hospitul.
» ... . . j
. Replying to a deputation of unem
ployed, the New South Wales Premier
said bluntly there was no money— Aus
tralia. could not get .any, and every coun
try in tho world was suffering.
SyrainiUtetic consideration was pro-
niised by- the Federal Minister of Healttt :
to requests put before him at the annual
conference of Australian Tubercular
bailors' and Soldiers' Association.
r Damage estimated at £50,000 was
eaiibod by ' lire to the factory of Ji C.
Button Pty. Ltd., Preston, yesterday
moriiiug.
; The delay in launching the British
uiiblnp R100 is alleged to be due to the
fact- that she is almost too big for -the :
shed in which she was built, entailing "
the iish of disaster if she were brought
out in any weather except a dead calm.
Despite the dumping of foreign
goods into Britain the Labor Government
declares it will not. support protective
duties of any character.
The Commonwealth Government
has decided to appoint Admiral Sir W.
Clarkfeon to inquire into the possibility
of establishing a Government line of
steamers to tiuvcj between Tasmania and
tho mainland.
hxliuoi ditiaiy evidence was given in
the A.L.1\ libel case in Sydney jesterday,
A suggestion bos been made In Lon
don that MfientiHth should be chosen as
governors ot British colonies instead of '
soldiers, sailors and politicians. ;
Although no official report of the
result ot the geophysical tests carried out
«t the New Bed, White and Blue - mine
nave been made available so far. it is
known dhat the operations have been at
tended with much success, and that im-
poi taut . data have been obtained -
J'lfLccn thousand Chinese troops
were concerned in the mutiny at Pukow.
Wholesale looting was earned out. The
general and his staff disappeared-'
A miner ..was killed by a second
fall of . earth in a Lanarkshire- colliery
when on the point , of -rescue.
Country : Section.
, Dairymen m: tlio Wodonga district
me .experiencing a profitable season. There
,is abundance of feed.
Sporting: Section.
r. /I he Ball.uat Cup meeting opened-
ycstci day, the pi incinni event being vron
by J3onmc Bpb. Selections for to-daiV
events are published.
Live Stock Sales .. - 5- -
Sporting .. '6
Lawn Tennis .. ., .i .V 7
In the Garden 7
Woman's Interosts .. .. 12
Tale ,j
Weather . . M V, .V 13
Country Section . . .. -Vi "i.'-'il ' 14
Commercial and Mining .. . ; ; 15
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