AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIOH' FALL IN WOOL. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 25. The seventh seirigs .of wool) sale has concluded. The offerings were e om posed chiefly of good combing merinos Prices fell about ten per cent. AUSTRALIAN .MARINE DISPUTE. MELBOURNE, Feb 24. Tho Maritime dispute compiilson conference to-day was further adjourned till to-morrow, to allow the paries to complete the negotiations. Satisfactory results are expected. The proposals for a. settlement wen 1 those submitted by Senator. Bakhop (Tasmania). They include a guarnn>tee that job control will he abolished, continuity of work observed, and, that Arbitration Court awards and agreements will he strictly observed in future bv both parties.

UNION FINED FOR BOYCOTT. SYDNEY; Fell. 24. The Arbitration Court fined the Fm- ! iiiture Trades Society £IOO for partir oipating in an illegal strike. The evidence disclosed that a certain employer was unable to obtain workmen through j the Society until he dismissed a man against whom fellow-mem hers of the Society complained that he broke the time of tho shop by finishing a job in less than is considered proper. payment to local BODIES. SYDNEY, Feb. 24. The New South Wales Government introduce a Mill next session giving Aldermen and Shire Councillors the power' to fix a fee in payment for their services

SALKS OF PUODITCK. \ SYDNEY, Feb. 24. Cereal rates are :—Oats, Algerian feed 2s l()d to 3s a bushel; milling 3s 6d ; white feed, 4s, milling 4s 3d; maize, yellow, 5s (id, white ss; potatoes, Tasmanian £6 10s to £8; Victorian £6; onions, Victorian, £7. A MINE FLOODED. MELBOURNE, Feb 24. An inrush of underground water in the La'll ah mine at Ballarat, drowned two miners, named Ellis and Parker. Two others were washed along the shafts and escaped. The workings were flooded to a dentil of 30 feet.

COMMERCIAL. (Received This Dav at 9.45 a in.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 25 At tlie hides sale, large supplies were offered and prices were unaltered for all heavies. Lower grades declined half a penny to a penny. Barley— English 4s, 4s 3(1, Capo 3s, 3s 3d ; oats 2s (id to 2s 8d ; potatoes, Carmens £3 15s to £sj onions £4 (is to £4 10s.

SYDNEY STRIKE PROPOSAL. (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, ’ February 24. Union officials who have been consulted on the general strike suggestion describe it as madness. It would inevitably prove a failure. State. Ministers are not perturbed, believing the proposal to he ‘hot an on behalf of extremists, who Are effectively separated from most positions of authority In the laltoiir moment. The. Council adopted the report of the Melbourne conference and decided to form twelve industrial groups along the lines suggested. INTER-COLONIAL STEAMERS. STOPPAGE OF SAILINGS. SYDNEY, February 24. Tn consequence of the dispute between shipowners and waterside workers New Zealand Union Coy’s steamers are held up. The Tofun’s prow have been paid off and there will be no steamers for Auckland next week.

PRO BAB LF, SETTLEMENT,

MELBOURNE, February 24. » There seems little doubt that a shipping settlement will he reached to-day, the probable terms being that all ships, excepting seven steamers which previously carried twenty-seven men in the dispute, will he manned forthwith, a tribunal to sit immediately to decide whether twenty-seven be carried or not; also absolute guarantees to be ( given that job control will Ih> abolished and continuity of work guaranteed and the arbitration awards agreement he strictly observed by both parties.

BOWLING. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) SYDNEY, Fob 25. The New Zealand howling team en route to England will play a friendly game with a team selected h.v the President of the Bowling Asociation. Today they are the guests of the Acting Premier at a harbour pienio and depart on Tuesday.

BLOOD STOCK SALES. MELBOUNE, Feb. 25. L. Mackinnon’s stud was auctioned. Tho general average prices were fair. A number of lots failed to reach the reserve. The top figures are tho mare Quintanona 525 guineas, Gadcsin with Woornk foal 2,500. The stallion AVoornk was passed in 2,200 guineas. STRONG TALK. MELBOURNE, Feb 25. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Railways Union, the General Secretary declared when the Union had reached its maximum strength, unless it got what it wanted it, would use such strength as it thought fit. When combined with the One Big Union they would be able to dictate the terms and if the governing classes tried to put them further into slavery they would press for an industrial republic. He alleged a well-known American strikebreaker was working for the employers. ’