Second Edition

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 November 1913, Page 2

Second Edition

Australian Cables. —4 [IaKCTItIC TELEWiAi'II, COrVIUGiIT. j U'i'.l! J'IUvSS ASSOC! A'L'J ON.] (U' ceived Tins Day,' 0.25 a.m.) COM!' U L.SOiIY EJN IiOLMEiS'T. .Sydney, This Day. -N umbers of persons have been iinetl under tiio compulsory section oi tLlc Federal Enrolment Act. lor failing' to secure enrolment. A SYDNEY STIUIvE. The wharf labourers who wen; loading the Union Company's Paioona lor DLobart ceased woi'k alter lunch. No reason is given, but it is believed to be due to the fact that the office stall's were utilised i'n the unloading of the ITanuka's and the VVilloehra's cargoes is the determining factor. 'Hie officials of the Seamen's I n ion are reticent regarding the Willochra's crew. Members of the crew state that they do not intend to re-engage. HIGHWAY BOBBERY. Iwo employees ol' the Co-opera-tive Society, who were driving - into Broken Hill, were bailed up by a masked man aml threatened with a revolver. They handed over- seventy pounds of the society's and their own mo?;ey. The robber then 'mounted a bicycle and. escaped. FEDERAL BM. A tender of £104,000 lias been accepted for the erection of the Federal Bauk's headquarters in Moore street. HOT WEMTI Kit. The weather is very hot. At I randangie the tkemomeliter registered 110 in the shade. This is the highest among many high inland registers.;