AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1921, Page 3

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BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. MILK SHORTAGE. SYDNEY, February 21. The city is • threatened with a serious milk shortage. The distributing companies to-day, received only two thousand gallons, instead of the usual forty-two thousand gallons. AUSTRALIAN MARINE DISPUTE. MELBOURNE, February 21. At the Federal Arbitration Court, the case of the Seamens’ Union against the Commonwealth Shipowners Federation was mentioned. After discussing job control and the existence of the dispute inter alia, Justice Power said he would ask the Full High Court to deter- ! mine whether a dispute existed within the meaning of the act. In the course of the discussion, Mr Walsh stated tho seamen were willing j to waive their right* to exercise job control, and to leave the question of my lining the ships to the Court. j

GALE AND TIDAL WAVE. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) PERTH, Feb. 16. The pearling cutters were broken up by Saturday’s willy-nilly and four are missing. Tidal waves flooded all the bouses at Debenhani township. The damage is ten thousand; the life toll is unknown, but the fate of three Malays and a native is uncertain. SYDNEY MILK SUPPLIES. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) SIDNEY, Feb 22. Tiie Attorney-General has announced that if the dairymen deliberately withhold the milk supplies they are liable to prosecution under tlu> Profiteering Act. The Milk Employees’ Union passed a resolution that if the country farmers refuse to send milk supplies to the city the Government he requested to immediately commandeer the dairies. The Union will find the necessary labour, milk the cows and distribute the milk. The Lord Mayor lias indicated a scheme by which Sydney’s milk supply would be municipalised. He stated the Minister of Health approves of the idea. The City Council would push on with it as rapidly as possible.

WHARF WAGES. SYDNEY, Fch. 22. The wharf labourers have accepted tlie owners’ offer, as an interim agreement., as follows2s 9d per hour, 3s 9d from five to midnight and 4s 5d till eight a.m. JAPAN’S EXPORTS. .'Deceived This Day at 12 " I o SYDNEY, Feb. 21. Mr Sutler, New South Wales agent in the East, i eports prominent hankers and commercial men in Japan are preparing a scheme for dumping manufactures in other countries, as the first 14 months of the past year showed an excess of imports of 370.000,000 yen over the exports. The scheme is being carefully considered with a view to balancing exports,- against this' excess. The author of the scheme is the Governor of the Bank of Japan who is urging manufacturers, bankers and exporters to co-operate in stimulating the export trade. i

STORM RESULTS. PERTH, February 22. The worst damages done by Saturday’s storm was ill Sharks Bay, where most of the pearling cutters were wrecked; also great damage was sustained by small craft at Cariiiyan. Torrential raiiUand a tidal wave combined made Gascoyne River overflow, tho floods causing considerable damage.