VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN.

| BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGH' A CORRECTION. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 1. The published report made .\llisoi pay 1,760 instead of 160 guineas foi Bright Steel-Liane colt. CONFERENCE OF UNIONS. , Received This Day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 1. A conference of representatives el unions from all parts of Australia hni opened. A discussion took place on the question of amalgamating and also the considering of the formation of the Council of Action, on similar lines, to that in existence ip England. WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, March 1. The wool sales were resumed in sympathy with the London market; the demand weakened. Fleece wool declined a further ten to fifteen per cent, and cross-bred five to ten per cent. Mediums and faultties were neglected and there were heavy withdrawals. METHODIST CONFERENCE. (Received This Dav at 12.20 p.m A SYDNEY, March 2. The Methodist, Conference designated A.M. Cropp to New Zealand and adopted a resolution regretting the death of Mr Marion, Prohibitionist lecturer of New Zealand and expressing sympathy with the widow. They' also declined to unite with other conferences in establishing a Methodist Immigration Bu■eau in London. FLOODS TN A DEI AIDE. ADELAIDE, February 5S Monsoona! rains have caused cxtmiive railway vasliaways and flooded townships : in the • north necessitating he cancelling of East and West (••- messes. MELBOURNE. March it * The express did not run from Satur- • ay till Monday. There were phenAmeal registrations at Melrose, Hammond luorn, and Tarooola. The damage is stimnted nt thousands of pounds. nioanMDnnnumnw.