VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 March 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN.

BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. i LIQUOR AT DARWIN. ( DARWIN, Feh 20. The balance sheet of the State hotel has shown that the takings for the year 1920 totalled £II,OOO. Operations at the hotel resulted in a loss of £l3l. t) The actual amount received for liquor [c j_ sales was £8,332. There being less than r 300 population within 100 miles of the Ij State Hotel this works out at over £27 j. () per head per annum, which is believed l to be easily a. world’s record. J CONFERENCE OF UNION. at SYDNEY, March 3. A conference of representatives of un--1() ions from all parts of Australia opened a, discussion on the question of amalga(j mation; also considering the formation e of a Council of Action on similar lines r . to that in existence in England, is lf ESMONDS LEAVES SYDNEY. g _ ■ ( j (Received this day at 12.25 p.m) s SYDNEY, March 4. Esmonde (the unwanted) is a passen- (| ger bv the Makura. An official denial is given of the statement that Esmonde refused to pay for the armed guard and other attendants during his detention ~ No armed guard was provided or a charge made , ] pillage thefts. ' MELBOURNE. March 4. f At the Royal Commission of Inquiry < ( into cargo pillaging, evidence was given ( . on behalf of the Victoria Marine Un- 1 * derwriters Association that pillaging 1 , elqims amounting to £28,000 were made * . upon the Association for the year ended last October. Other evidence in- 1 dieated organised gangs were working ’ the Australian waterfront. In. , MANNING THE SHIPS. • ivl this fL,v at 12.25 r>.m) MELBOURNE, March 4. b A Alan nine; Committee -was appoint- t ed in connection with the recent strike t and it proceeds to Sydney to deal p with the eases of seven vessels. They I are demanded owing to the manning s dispute, to enable them to complete- li ; tb«- schedule. Alcantime any dispute a at Melbourne stands over. Where no disputes are involved the ships at various ports are gradually resuming. ; LABOR ORGANISER. F SYDNEY, Mar-.-h 4. f. The Labour Council decided under a y< new scheme, that a job control organi- tc; see be allowed to visit each industry £\ and address a midday meeting on propa- hi ganda. ri ,r;i ATHLETIC VISIT. (Recoved tin’s day at 11.30 a.m.) s j, ■SYDNEY, ALm'cli 4. ov E. S. Alnrks is in receipt of a com- £•< munication from South Africa intimat- £] ing that a sporting (earn of three eve- ve lists and four athletes are visiting Aus- cs tralia and New" Zealand in May 1922. ail Th e cost of the tour is £2,000 and is being advanced by ATr Hardly, Alem- , r( , her for Transvaal in South African Par- -\| liament and race horse owner. 'Hie « ( profits.will be equally divided between j. Australasia and Africa. The team ' t( . will probably consist of Katterbnin, Walker and Thurslield (cyclists), Qoster- 1 braak, and Dafel (athletics). 'l'hev were j • competitors at the reoenl) Olympic ! Games. Tb 0 Australian Athletes Union! ( | t Executive recommended the acceptance ! of the offer. ,

N.S.W. LOAN. | SYDNEY, March 4. { Slightly over two million of N.S.W. j three million loan has lieen subscribed. ,

HIBERNIANS V. FREEMASONS. ; (Received this day at - 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 1.

It is plated the sailmaking Union is submitting a motion at the forthcoming labour conference seeking to exclude Hibernians holding office in the labour movofment, in retja I ration for the bar against Freemason’s recently adopted by the Australian Workers Union and Victorian Seamen .

A STRIKE LIST. SYDNEY. Mart'll 1. A total of eighty three strikes occurred at Newcastle district since Ist January Do per cent being for trivial disputes among wheelers. A LUCKY MAN. SYDNEY, March 4. Oldfield, the test wicket keeper, was defrauded of £2OO sterling in Melbourne by a confidence man promising to convert paper money into gold for his use abroad. Detectives effected an arrest at Katoomba and’ recovered £2OO. WHEAT YIELD. BRISBANE, March 1. It is anticipated that the wheat yield will exceed four million bushels. HIDES MARKET. MELBOURNE, March 4. The hides market, is unchanged for heaviest, and stouts; medium and lights are firmer. A CONFERENCE. BRISBANE, March 4. Trades Hall is convening a conference of industrial and political bodies to consider the Australian Council of Action's scheme. ' A DYNAMITE OUTRAGE. MELBOURNE, Majreh 4. Warnambool Council stone crushing plant installed in 1920 at a cost of £7OO was blown to*pieces by a box of dynamite placed in the jams of the crusher. A piece of fuse was found in the vicinity. Pieces of iron weighing on c hundred pounds were blown three quarters of a mile. A cow grazing three hundred yards away was disembowelled by flying iron. Windows were broken and houses shaken in the city. ' FOR SALE. | OIX HALF DRAUGHT HORSES . Timber WAGGON; Wharf DRAY . and all HARNESS; in good working order. J. MoFARLANE, Bremond’s Hotel, Honiara.

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