AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1920, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

I AUSTRALIAN it N.Z. CAE EX ASSOCIATION]

,! NO NEWS, i (Received this day at 8 a.in.) SYDNEY, June 9. I There is no further news of the steu- ! mer Havre. i . 1 ! THE STEAMER HAVRE. NEWCASTLE, June 8. The steamer Whangapo arrived here to-day from New Zealand. Captain Ryan*, master of the steamer, on If s fir. rival at Newcastle, stated that he was,., asked for assistance by the,Havre. However, as he 'himself was short of coal, owing to his delayed passage, caused by the heavy weather, he could not render her any li'elp. At the time a heavy gale I was blowing from the south-west. \ THE HAVRE’S PLIGHT. i (Received this day at'B.4o a.m.) ' MELBOURNE, This Day. The master of the ■ steamer Havre wirelessed that the vessel was at the last gasp, and incapable of of sufficient steam to keep seaway. They were utilising everything burnable,' including the ship’s furniture. The Australand ,hound from London to Melbourne, is in communication with the Havre, and expects to reach the latter on Friday.

t THE DRIFTING STEAMER

(Received Tliis Dav at 1.5. p.m.) BRISBANE, June* 9

A wifeless from .the Havre, picked up at noon yesterday, stated she was then somewhere abreast of Smoky Cape, j drifting tawards Sydney. A message late at night indicated she was steadily | (lifting. The Champion was not tlien j in touch by wireless. The weather was favourable.) REI/ CROSS DONATIONS. MELBOURNE, This'Day. The British Red Cross Society lias remitted, through the Governor-General, £150,000 for distribution amongst in-, stitutions and nursing organisations, solieitiotis'for the welfare of soldiers and sailors’ dependents. 5 • I.W.W. ENQUIRY. 1 (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. ! Arrangements have been made lor Justice Ewing of Tasmania to act as a Royal Commissioner to enquire into the cases of a. dozen imprisoned industrial workers of the world \with wide powers to review old and new evidence, and decide whether the convictions were sustainable, or the sentences excessive. CALLED TO ACCOUNT. \ (Received This Day at 1.5. p.m.! SYDNEY, June 9. As a result of alleged irregularities in ( connection with the late Government’s Soldiers Housing scheme, of which he | was director, the Government is recall- j itig J. Bryant from London, who recently lie assumed the position of Jnipii-' gration Publicity Officer. |

RED CROSS FUNDS.. MELBOURNE, June 9,

The British Red Cross gift has boon allocated as follows. Twenty-five thousand to New South Wales', Victoria, South Australia. West Australia and Tasmania, and twenty thousand to Queensland.