Hundreds of thousands of Aust ian motorists who super-grade petrol will soon ha transfer to ordinary grades as the Acting Minister for Supply and Development, Sir Frederick Stewart, ha announced that as soon as tanker: loading and en route are discharged, the ban on import of this gas will go into operation, This action was motivated, he stated, because of the great demand for high octane aviation spirit which was reducing the supply available for other purposes. It would also help the Empire supply of aviation spirit, save tankers and economize storage capacity both at the seaboard and inland.
No more shipments of highly specialized imports will be landed in Australia until after the war from such countries as Czechoslovakia and Finland, it is learned. A leading Hine be received the lat ahipenent of Czech jewellery.
recei st Of milder note is the discovery of anew bird of paradise in New Guinea which is distinguished for its unusual notes which have the sound of @ pneumatic rivetter at work. The bird's tail is also uncommon. A it has been named ribbon-tailed bird of paradise, after the Administrator of New Guinea, Sir Walter McNichol. For its size the bird possesses the loggest tail of any known to wild life. The body is only about nine inches long but the tail, consisting mainly of two white plumes, is three feet in length.
male bird is highly attractive.
a brown body and brown with throat and head of met the upper base of bill there is a large tuft of fe thers shot with green while a fiery copper band runs across the chest. The female isa plain brown bird, and ornithologists in Sydney are trying to deduce something from this, but what it is has not at the moment been decided, Tue head office of the Central Trust of China has been moved to Kunming, capital of Yunnan, says a Kong message to the "Ta Wan
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