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Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1917, Page 3

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[PER TRESS ASSOCIATION.-'-COPYRIGHT.] ) NATIVE RISING. MISSIONARY MURDERED. BRISBANE November 5. A general rising of natives 'at Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria is reported. The Presbyterian mission was besrtigod i’Fir tten days and the Rev. erend Robert Hall w r as shot dead. His assistant Walter Owens was wounded; but lie escaped in the mission boat and with the wives and children reached Biirketown.

LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIBED. MKT,BOURNE November «». The Liberty Loan is fully subscribed. ORGANISING INDUSTRY. SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Hughes, at, the Chamber of Commerce luncheon outlined the proposed organisation of industry during and after the war, under a general council of commerce and industry, composed of representatives from associations formed by individual industries. The scheme includes a department of commerce and industry, under a Minister and the appointment of a firstclass business man as permanent head of the new department and trade representatives in the principal oversea markets. f LOST WORKING DAYS. (Received This Dav a+ 12.25. p.m.' SYDNEY, Nove.miher 6. Til,, Industrial Gazette states 2,443, 244 working days were lost during the late strike. SHIP-BUILDING. (SYDNEY, 'This Day. ' Mr. Hughes at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon said the bulk of unionists were agreed on the Government’s shipbuilding proposals, THE VICTIM’S COUNTRY. /Received This Day at 12.25. p.m.) BRISBANE, Nov. 6th. C. TTall the victim of the Morning Island tragedy was a New Zealander.