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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1921, Page 3

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. j AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. j FAR-REACHING EFFECTS. .. ! 'SYDNEY, Dec 31. j It is estimated that the stewards’ strike has resulted in rendering idle forty thousand people throughout the ! Commonwealth. INDUSTRIAL STRIFE. MELBOURNE, Dee 31. j The conviction is growing in indus- ! trial circles that Victoria is about to | be made the cockpit of an industrial I struggle, in which the coalminers and j stewards principally arc involved. i N.S.W. REVENUE, i (Received this day at 8 a.m.) ! SYDNEY, January 1. 'l'lie State revenue for the half year just ended is £14,146,000, an increase of £1,902,000, compared with the corresponding half year. HEAT WAVE BROKEN. MELBOURNE, Jan. 2. Reports state the heat wane has broken and that rain is falling.^ REVENUE RETURNS. SYDNEY, Jan. 3. The State revenue for the half year lis million, an increase of 127 thousI and over the corresponding period for 1919. ADELAIDE, Jan. 3. Sailed.—Hakanoa for Now Zealand.

BANKRUPTCIES. SYDNEY, Jail. 3. I Bankruptcy petitions for 1920 totalj led 345 (hv debtors, 199 and by credit- ! ors 135). The statement of affairs showjed liabilities £204,593 and assets j £139,549. Laborers, miners, builders were the occupation of most of the j bankrupts.