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Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1917, Page 3

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Home &i Foreign JPBB PEESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT,] (Received Jan 24, at 12.30 p.m.) London, Jan 23 kelson Bros final dividend is four with a bonus of 2 %. Tbare is added to the reserve fund, £G,OOO and carried forward £22,900. The first consignment of Rhodesian frozen beef was sold at Smitbfield. It is of excellent quality. Further supplies are promised. Obituary—Mrs Adeline BillingtoD; actress, born 1825. Women’s Suffrage >' London, Jan 22 It is reported that the speakers at the conference on regis'mtion decided .in favor of female suffrage. Freeing the Gold Delhi, Jan 22 The Government announced it will <3611 half a million sterling of mold weekly through the Bank of ■Bombay.

Important Labor Conference(Received J«;d 24, at 1 35 p-tn.) L 'NDdn, Jan 23 The Labor Conference, the most important in us bistory and movement has been called to discuss the after the war labor problem. Warded protested at the effort of some supporters of the movement to make a distinction between political and economic efforts. Such division, he said, was suicidal. It was impossible to leave ail the legislation and administration to the people, who were without the knowledge necessary to protect and insure the interests of workers. The war was the one absorbing Imperial problem of tc-day.