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Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1920, Page 3

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TIN SHARES. MELBOURNE, This Day. Badak tin shares rose from LI 475 to £IBOO to-day. A SET CHARGE. SYDNEY, This Day. The first case set down is under the Returned Soldiers’ aiul Sailors’ Employment Act. Captain Cohen is proceeding against the Millions Club for recently appointing Frank Edwards, late Secretary to Mr Holman, as Secretary to the Club, Edwards not being a returned soldier. HIDES MARKET-. 'MELBOURNE, This Day. Dip hides market is very brisk. Medium and heavies are a half penny higher and other grades are firm at L'Vrates, I .MOTION DEFEATED, i MELBOURNE, This Day. I The House of Representatives, by 34 to 30, defeated the Country Party’--amendment to reduce supply by f - no half.

DARWIN ENQUIRY. MELBOURNE, This Day. • Before the territory Commission, . Doctor Holmes described the Chinesquarter at Darwin as wo'-se tll-ia the black quarters in Capotnvn The Imus. ing conditions wore so Joplor ibi<‘, tfi.it thirty per cent of' the Chinese death rate was due to tiiiliereuM.-i 0 and He whole conditions were such as to bring diseases of the eaist within retell of Datwin. The town became ovrr r. with yellow fever and mosquitoes, and disaster was a weekly possibility. Eventually in defnut of tlio local authority taking action, the Administrtor demolished the hovels and covered Undrinking wells and also repatriated a number of Chinese and the mosquitoes then disappeared. PRICE OF KEROSENE. SYDNEY. March 10. The No-osarv Commodities Oonimis- - sion granted the Vacuum Oil Company’s application to increase tlio price of kerosene by 2s per ease.