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BLOODSTOCK YEARLINGS.
Interstate Ban Relaxed.
CANBERRA, March 4.-The Min
ister for Transport (Mr Lawson) a:h
nounced today the relaxation of the
ban on the carriage of bloodstock
yearlings interstate by rail. Al
though the ban on the carriage of
racehorses would continue, he said,
it was necessary to maintain the
usual sales of yearlings in order to
keep the bloodstock industry func
tioning. The carriage of yearlings
would be subject to rail transport
being available.
PERSONAL.
Mr Walter Nash, the New Zea
land Minister in Washington, Is re
turning to New Zealand for con
sultations with the Government.
The Minister for Lands (Mr Wise)
and Mr F. C. L. Smith, LA, ere
granted leave of absence from the
Legislative Assembly yesterday for
one month on the grounds of urgent
national business.
Mr A. C. L. Lamb, chairman of
the Stock Exchange of Perth, left
this morning by plane for Mel
bourne, where he will attend the
conference of the Associated Stock
Exchanges of Australia which will
open there on Wednesday next.
The Minister for Works (Mr Mil
lington) and Messrs A. J. Rodoreda
and J. H. Smith, M'sLA, were
granted leave of absence from the
Legislative Assembly yesterday be
cause of ill-health.
Cardinal Hinsley, who has been
gravely ill with heart trouble, passed
a satisfactory day on Wednesday, ac
cording to a London cable message.
Sir Charles McCann, Agent-Gene
ral and Trade Commissioner for
South Australia, who will represent
Australian woolgrowem on the
International Wool Secretariat, will
leave shortly for London. Sir Charles
McCann will also visit the United
States, where he will survey the
work of the secretariat's New York
office.
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