AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1920, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

- IAUBTIiALIAN X N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] BROKEN HILL. MINERS DESIRE, (Received this day at 10.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 10. Broken Hill miners who have been on strike for nearly twelve months have decided to request the State Government to nationalise the mines. LIVING PRICES. SYDNEY, May 10. Government is applying to Commodities Commission to reduce the price of meat and clothes. NORTHERN TERRITORY. BRISBANE, May 10. A public meeting at Samarai passed a resolution urging the removal of Judge Murray and the appointment of Mr Stnmfortli Smith as Lieutenant-General.

WIRELESS SCHEME. MELBOURNE, May 10. Government is considering the Marconi wireless scheme for linking up Australia, with the rest of the Empire and requests for establishment of stations at Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands Tho question to be decided is whether Government can afford to do the work itself, or allow it to he done by private enterprise. WESTIRALIA ELECTIONS. (Received This Day at 10.35. a.m.) PERTH, Mya 10. The biennial elections for the Legislative Council were marked by the apathy of voters. No political issue of outstanding importance was raised. The figures arc incomplete. A' bare majority of the sitting members were reelected.