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Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1920, Page 3

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[AUBTBALIAN N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (Receivod This Day at 11,30 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 30. Doctor Averill, Bishop of Auckland, arrived by the Orontes. He said reunion was the one absorbing question. If not accomplished it won’t be the fault of the Church of England. A great spirit of fellowship in the shape of a united church would be the greatest N help to the League of Nations.

I Oaten and wheaten cuts were recently selling at 16/- per hundred weight, not 8/-. Farmers finding the cost of cutting exorbitant have over-supplied the market. „ ’ ( Fifteen hundred wool basic workers ceased work for increased wageß last month. The dispute was settled by both sides- agreeing to accept the Federal basic wage. It is reported the present stoppage is due to employers declining to pay £5/17/-.

i RETURNED ATHLETES. • "... ■»- SYDNEY, November 30. Hunt and Parker were welcomed home. The former said he was nearly three stone above weight at Antwerp. Parker said motor cycling found more favour in Antwerp than swimming' and athletics. MELBOURNE, Nov. 30. The State and Federal Parliamentarians cricket resulted in a tie. Hughes captured 4 wickets for 45, just missing the hat trick. CABLE ITEMS. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 30. Mr Lang is introducing the new Taxation nronosals in the Assembly to-day.

It is understood they will provide for an extra penny in the pound on incomes over £250 and a graduated higher rate . lovfer a thiouand, and substantial in- j creasse on incomes derived from property and company dividends. ’ | The Government Statistician reports I the State lost 8J millions sheep through drought during the year ended thirtieth June, following on a decrease of a million in the previous twelve months. ' Cattle decreased nearly half a million and pigs had totalled a record number l of 396,000 hut dropped to less than a ' quarter of a million. ■At Bathurst, Bishop Long severely criticised clergymen who absented themselves from the final session of the , Anglican Synod, saying if they had given the Kingdom of God the second place to other interests, it was obvious they were not the men to do the work of the former, ’ I Broken' Hill reports that owing to the refusal of the management of the “Miner” newspaper, to allow the Printers Union to censor the copy, the Union struck and the paper ceased publication. MELBOURNE, Nov. 30. The Victorian Budget anticipates the revenuk to June at £17,445,000 arid expenditure at £17,405,000, giving a surplus of £40,000. i, ! The Commonwealth public service, at a meeting, emphatically protested against Mr Hughes’ proposed basic wage of £4/4/- and also objected to Starke’s award, demanding the production of marriage (certificates. Clapp (Chairman of the Railway Commissioners) scouts all ingenious inventions designed for the break gatige difficulty contending that unification is the only solution, which view is shared by all Australian experts. The Ministry is sending detectives to Malay Peninsular to investigate re- , ports tin discoveries in Badak.jyj , The coal strike is settled, Mr Lawson agreeing to Mr Hughes’ proposal that the matter be determined by law courts. Mr A. C. Campbell, presiding at a - meeting of Broken Hill blojck ten, and fourteen shareholders, said ,hat lead and silver had fallen to such i.n extent and the award burden was so heavy that it was doubtful if a profit could be made.