AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1918, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] A P STB-A. LI AN STRIKE COSTS. (Received This Day at 9.50. mm.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Commonwealth Statistician states there were altogether, during 1917, 411 strikes, embracing 173,9.70 workers and causing a loss of 1,689,316 working days, and a loss in wages of £2,641,735. THE DAMAGE colossal. (deceived This Day at 9.50. a.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. The cyclone completely destroyed Babinda, and almost demolished Cairns. The damage is colossal. All telegraphic communication with the north is cut off. PRICE OF RABBITS. (Received This Day at 9.50. a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The retail price of has been fixed at is 3d per pair. SALE OF BLOODSTOCK. 'Received This Dav 9.50 a.m.', MELBOURNE, I his Dai. At the Bloodstock Sales, 75 horses, realised 17.232 guineas, Shepherd King fetching 3,500 guineas, and Steel Wings,' a full sister to Biplane, 1 ,pOO guineas. ~

DESERT GOLD. SYDNEY, March l2tli. Desert Gold’s defeat in* the King s Plate is attributed to the colossal task of making her own pace against a solid stayer like Wallace Isinglass. No other two-mile wMpfht for age race has, over been run at such a pace. Desert Gold’s stamina is open to doubt and her form suggests !’• miles as her best distance. 'When Cetigne’s owner decided to contest the Lloyd Stakes he was determined that the Patriotic Funds should not suffer in the event of Cetigne’s beating Desert Gold. The latter did not compete, but Mt Sterton decided to contribute half of the stake to the Red Cross Fund A •.