AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1920, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

f AUSTRALIAN & N-Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 6- \ Carpenter, former manager, for Burns Phillip and Co., in Northern' Queensland, has been appointed general manager of the Company’s New Zealand business, which it is intended to extent to the South Island.

FEDERAL' ELECTION, ' BRISBANE, January 6. Mr T. J. Ryan, ip a speech hpre, declared that the new preferential voing system has hepn one of Re niain causes of Labour's failure to win the plections. Mr Ryan added, however, that, on the whole, tbo Labour Par y has really improved its position since 1917 He expressed himself as strongly opposed to Labour entering into a cpalition with the Farmers Party, as esuggested by the Former Deputy Party leader, Mr Higgs, affirming that Labour must be untrammelled and must compromise over its principles on no account. MELBOURNE, January b. Mr Tudor (leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party) in returning his thanks for election, attributed the Labour defeat to sectarianism and to apathy. These had resulted, ho. said in a profiteers victory.

ROSS-SMITH AT BRISBANE. BRISBANE, Jan. 6. Ross-Smith’s party is visiting _ this city The members had an enthusiastic) reception. It is hoped that when their machine is repaired in a fortnight, they will fly to Brisbane and thence to Sydney.

MARINE ENGINEER’S STRIKE. SYDNEY, Jan. 6. The shipowners are complaining at w.'iKt' they allege' as inactivity on the part of the Shipping Controller m connection with the marine engineers trouble. They say the vessels of the inteis-State Companies are under control of the Controller, and the owners are powerless to make any move of their own towards a settlement unless Instructed to do so.

QNE WAY TO ACT. SYDNEY, Jan. 6. With a view to getting the ‘Niagara’ away for Vancouver, the Union Company, (which is not controlled by the Shipping Controller) has offered to concede the engineers’ demands, subject to any conditions made in a final settlement between the Controller and the Engineers’ Union. This offer was declined, but negotiations are proceeding.