MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1918, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] MINING DEPRESSION. JOHANNESBURG, Sep. 23. Thc President of the local Chamber of Mines calk attention to the serious position of the Transvaal gold industry. Out of forty-nine contributing mines, six, he said, wereNvorking at an actual loss, and fifteen at a small profit, which however, standing charges turned into a joss. Under the existing conditions, tho end was very near. It would be a pity if the closing of som e of the nines was required to bring homo the real position.

LABOUR TROUBLES. RAILWAYMEN STRIKE. LONDON, Sep. 23. lii South Wales there is a ■•erioua strike of railwaymen. It is the result of a section trouble, affecting only a hundred operatives. These are lisc,ontented with the recent awards of ~s crease a week. The strike has thrown nine thousand persons out of employment. Many collieries are interfered with, and railway traffic is affected. 4

STRIKE SPREADING. _ LONDON, Sep. 24.. The South Wales railway strike is spreading seriously. It now includes the Newport, Cardiff and North Llanelly railways. Interruptions are numerous, especially in the coal trade, and in the main line passenger traffic. Mr Thomas, M.P-, went to Newport, and invited the men to -.attend a mass meeting, but the men have refused. It is estimated that thore were several thousand strikers last night. This increases the number of idle colliers.

CYLDE SHIPWRIGHT’S STRIKE. LONDON, Sep. 23. The Press Bureau states :Th e shipwrights at the Clyde, contrary to their Union’s advice, have coased work. The strike is owing to the refusal of a minimum wage of £5 weekly.

THE ADELAIDE POLICE. ADELAIDE, Sep. 24. The Government of South Australia has refused to investigate the police grievances until three hundred resignations, which have been, handed in, are withdrawn. FIRE ESCAPES. (Received This Day at 9.50. a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sep. 24. A fire endangered the iives of Vicepresident Marshall and a number of Senators. Th e fire broke out in a leading hotel. The Vice-President, attired in a hath robe, brought his wife and child down tho escape. Other grists escaped in their night attire. There were several attempts to jump from the windows. The outbreak was easily controlled.

FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. TM« TW .t 9.30. tf.m.l WASHINGTON, Sep. 24. The Fourth Liberty Loan will probably amount to six billion dollars -4JPROHIBITION CARRIED. WASHINGTON, Sep. 24. The House of Representatives adopted by 171 to 34, national prohibition during the war, to come into effect in .»uly 1919.

TRADE RELATIONS. Received, this diiv at h. 40 a.m. OTTAWA, Sep. 24. Samuel Mangrun has arrived at Montreal. He says ho is unofficially investigating reciprocal trade relations between Canada and Australia, and also American social conditions, particularly penal reforms, and prohibition. He states a constructive trade policy between the Dominions would accomplish more that economic Warfare against other nations,