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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1921, Page 3

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VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS BY TKLEGItAPIt—CHESS ASSN., COI’YIUOHT. EMPLOYERS DENIAL. (Received This Day at 8.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 26. The employers flatly deny the labour statement that manufacturers are desirous of a general strike and that an agreement exists for putting off employees to cause unemployment. They claim they have done and are doing everything in their power to prevent unemployment or disruption of producing powcy and have loyally obeyed the Arbitration Court awards and are prepared now to do anything reasonable to prevent an increase of unemployment.

A VISITING DELEGATE. SYDNEY, Feb. 20 Major Boose, a Royal Colonial Institute visiting delegate, was entertained by the Millions iClub. He strongly urged the claims of the Institute was a medium for maintaining the solidarity of the Empire. A branch of the Society was subsequently formed. BANK ROBBERY. MELBOURNE, Feb. 25 Two armed masked men entered the Fitzroy Branch of the bank, and with revolvers held up tiie accountant, clerk and two lady clerks at the revolver point. They secured several bundles of notes from the tills and decamped. The police chased them and after a severe struggle captured two American seamen, named Bernhardt and Frasier. They recovered the stolen notes to the value of £460.

N.S.Vv. PROFITEERING LAW. SYDNEY, Feb. 25. The Profiteering Prevention Court has reduced the price of butter wholesal to £2 14s 8d per cwt, and retail to 2s 2d per pound. They also reduced the cash price of bread to Ojd per 21b loaf.