AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1921, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

ltv TEUaaiAl’H CHESS ASSN., COCYHIOHT. ONE 810 UNION. SYDNEY, February 8. A conference of representatives of tin* miners, transport workers, seamen and railway employees met the Australian Workers’ Union representatives and agreed to the preliminaries regarding an amalgamation scheme. It was decided to convene a conge‘ss for March Ist to draft a constitution. SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE. (Received This Dnv at 10.40 a.in.) SYDNEY, Eeb, !). As a result, of representation from tlie Islanders, the Zoological Society has offered assistance to the Board of Control of Lord Howe Island tor destroying the plague of rats, which are overrunning the island and threatening the principal source of revenue—cciitia palm seed—also the extinction of birds.

CAUSE AND EFFECT. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, Fob. 0. Advices from Newcastle state there is a strong probability that the Broken JJill Proprietaries steel works will lie practically closed indifinitely within a few weeks. It is explained that tlie stewards’ stpike and the strike in South Australia are responsible for the shortage in the supply of ore, necessitating tiio dismissal of one thousand men. It is understood that the services of the bulk of five thousand employees will he dispensed with.