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Show AUSTRALIAN TRADE I IS NOW IMPROVING Salt Tike, Nov. 19 Immediate trade gains have been made with Australia Aus-tralia by the United States by reason of the European war, declared F. L. Hall of Sydney, Australia, at the Hotel Utah last night. Since the war began, he said, Australia Aus-tralia has placed orders in the Unite.! Uni-te.! States for drugs, hardware, tools, lens and pencils and building materials ma-terials of various kinds. These goods were previously bought in Germany. As soon as he landed in San Francisco the other day. Mr. Hall placed an order or-der with an American firm for $25,-000 $25,-000 worth of copper sheets. He is I general manager of "Embosteel Limited," Lim-ited," large manufacturers of steel I products and similar UneB The primary object of Mr. Hall's visit to the United States at this time is to arrange for large shipments of raw asbestos to his company in Syd-1 ney. From this American asbestos Mr. Hall's company will make a composition com-position of cement and asbestos that will be used in building houses. "Timber is of little use for building build-ing purposes in Australia because of the white ants," said Mr. Hall. "These ant8 eat into all wood, crumbling it in a very few years. Therefore we build houses of cement and asbestos. We will build houses that are at once fireproof, being mainly of asbestos, as-bestos, and antproof. "There is no question but wrhat America will reap excellent business returns from Australia as a result of the war," he continued. ' Trade can be worked up In many lines besides those I have already enumerated. On the boat coming over were several commercial men from the United States hurrying bock here to place ; before their chiefs plans for extending extend-ing the Australian trade." Mr. Hall crossed from Sydney to San Francisco on the steamer Ven-tnjna, Ven-tnjna, which was overhauled by the Urltlsh men of war Australia and Encounter En-counter and the French warship Montcalm. British naval officers searched the Ventura for possible German reservists examined the ship s papers and allowed her to proceed pro-ceed The Ventura sails under tho1 American flag. Juit before the steamer left the wharf at Sydney re-ated re-ated Mr Hall, Australians arrested three Germans who had engaged nas-sage. nas-sage. Mr. Hall say8 that Australia Is most patriotic, already having sent 25 000 volunteers to fight with the allies in Europe. |
