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I ACyiHAL.,AN ifc N.Z. CAJiCE ASSOCIATION] ENGINEERS RESUME TO-DAY. MELBOURNE!, February 25. It is officially announced that the marine engineers will resume work today. It is anticipated that all idle ships will be manned to-morrow morning. SEAMEN’S GRIEVANCE. SYDNEY, February 23. The Inteit-Stato ship owners have decided to grant the seamen access to wharves and ships in order to search fbr work, thus removing the main obstacle to a resumption of work. The Seamen’s Union is now awaiting the same concession from the coastal owners.
There now only remains the question of accommodation. If ships complied with the provisions of the Act there would be no fear of a serious hold-up. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLING. ( SYDNEY, February 25. A young woman named Kathleen Morton was arrested here today when t)he disembarked: from the Maheno on its arrival from New Zealand on a charge of embezzling £343, the .property of the Wellington Young Women’s Christian Association. -‘She was committed to custody, and will return to New Zealand.
A RECENT TRAGEDY. SYDNEY', February 25. It transpires that Charles Minchin, who shot Mrs Wittner Steync at a hotel at Manly, and then suicided, on February 4th., was born in New Zealand. The woman lias recovered.
STOCK RETURNS. (Received this day at 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Stock returns for 1919 show decrease of 399,578 cattle, and 7,028,852 sheep in the State, compared with 1918. The decreases are attributed to drought. MEHODIST CONFERENCE. SYDNEY, This Day. 'Rev. F. 13. Holmes was elected President to the Methodist conference.
HAD ENOUGH. SYDNEY, This Day. The seamen have withdrawn the strike threat. The engineers are meeting to-day when it is expected ' that their strike will be declared off. All the maritime unions are now ready to resume work. The damage caused by the Narrabri fire is estimated at £20,000. EE I)ER A L POLITICS . MELBORNE, This Day. At a precessional meeting of the Nationalists, Hon W. M. Hughes indicat. ed the imposition of fresh taxation.
LABOUR LEADER. (Received this day at 10.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. A meeting of the Labour Party reelected Mr McWilliams as leader.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1920, Page 1
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