Australia, soon will send @ delogaton to England to negotiate a renewal the five-years Ottawa agreement, f&@ matier which was postponed until atter the Federal elections. The proposed British-American trade treaty, by which the United States hopes to jain a larger share of the: British market for her primary pro-duels, if expected to. influence the terms on which the Ottawa Imperial treaty will be renewed.
Australia "emphasizes the rear importance to her public economy of} increasing exports to Great Britain. and of mah her protective a British country in the Pacitc, In favour of closer—co-operation between the United States and Great Britain for protecting the security' trid interests of the world's demo erades, The subject is exciting a ively interest throughout the Commonwealth, and before the Australian delegation eaves public opinion will probably have taken definite shape.
Hubert Opperman, Australia's champion tongedistanee cyclist, who. has records in Europe ay well as: Australia, rode against time from: Perth on the western coast of Austr Ma: to Sydney on the east coast, distance of 3017 miles. He did the Journey in 13 days 10 hours 11 minutes—5 days 8 hours 21 minutes Jess than the previous record. It was trying journey. At one slave the cyclist had to ride for miles in Mood waters nearly a foot deep. At another the dim track lay through deep sands, where pedalling was sometimes im= possible and Opperman had to carry his machine, Oceastonally as much onery was ieeded to travel 50' yards fs is ordinarily required to cover ten miles. Many' miles more. were" rocky and hazardous.
The sun ws joree, and the nights! sometimes cold.
The Commonwealth Cinematograph Department is rapidly developing. a form of advertising which ts justified also for its value as an ald to educa-non and entertainment. The expert Jomicers have got far beyond the re-natively primitive films produced ten years ago. About a dozen pictures fare made each year and the industry now self-supporting.
The Mims are. distributed throughout the British Dominions, the United [States, and most countries In both. hemispheres. Special interest shown in our unique flora and fauna and in scenes and events particularly characteristic of the country.
The latest production by the Cinematograph sub-department Is a 720 fi flm "starring" the lyre bird In his natural home in Sherbrooke Forest. In order to secure a genuine prescniation of the beautiful bird Jmimic's dancing and singing enter-fainment much patience had to be shown, The photographers wore not satisfied until they had worked for:
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