AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
1 AUSTRALIAN <fc N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] Tlie Indian, strike at Suva, shows signs of collapsing. Many men are returning to work in the llewa and Suva districts. Although the position of the Sydney shipping strike is unaltered arrangements are proceeding for the despatch of the Induna to Rabaul to relieve food shortage. A conference of the Amalgamated Rail and Tram Services Association, Sydney, affirms the 'constitution of Australian Railway Union. The new combination involves a membership of 60,000. When Keeper May was to-day hosing from outside a polar bear’s cage at the Adelaide zoo, he met with a serious accident. Tlie bear seized hold of him and tore off his arm at the elbow. The animal then ate it. A meeting of Melbourne returned soldiers passed a resolution expressing utter disgust and disapproval at the spending of large sums of money upon entertaining the Prince of Wales. The meeting resolved that this money could be better expended in relieving the urgent need of many returned soldiers and their families now in want.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1920, Page 4
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174AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1920, Page 4
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