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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1920, Page 1

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fanSTUALIAN & N.Z. CAM.E ASSOCIATION] ASSISTANCE GRANTED. (Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Government have decided to assist the watersiders and transport workers idled as a result of the shipping strike. ENGINEER’S CASES DISMISSED SYDNEY, This Day. Three engineers of the steamer Eastern, charged with refusing to proceed to sea proved that their refusal was due to medical reasons, and the eases were dismissed.

LABOUR AND LIQUOR, SYDNEY, This Day. The Labour Council adopted a motion pledging itself to use every means in its power to assist in tlie elimination' of the liquor industry from the social system. A GENERAL’S OPINION. SYDNEY, This Day. Speaking at the Millions Club, General Rosenthal stated he would be very surprised if' we were not called upon to participate in another war within the next year or two.

SPLENDID RAINS. BRISBANE, This Day. Splendid rain is falling along the whole coastal sugar belt. The prospects for the new season are bright. SAWMILLS PURCHASED. PERTH, This Day. Government are purchasing the South West Timber Association mills. The price is eighty-four thousand. WHEAT SHORTAGE. MELBOURNE, This Day.

It is nnounced that the New South Wales wheat deficiency, according to the Wheat Board is nearly fourteen million bushels.

FLOUR MILL BURNT. aCELBOURNE, This Day. A fire destroyed' Noske Bros flour mill at Natnuik. The damage is £55,000. shipping. NEWCASTLE, This DayArrived.—Ngatoro from New Zealand. . Sailed —Kaitaagata for New Zealand. PNEUMONIC INFLUENZA. HOBART, This Day. Pneumonic influenza has reappcaied, with eight cases in the Midland district.