VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN.

UY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SWIMMING RECORD. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 14. The mile swimming championship of Victoria, resulted.—Beaurepaire 1, Haig 2 Dunn 3. Time 23min. 28seo. lowering Ross’ world record by 6 1-3 seconds.* ! VISEING - PASSPORTS. j I MELBOURNE, March 14. j M. Boynton, Minister of Home Affairs lias received information from United States explaining the charge of ten dollars for viseing passports of visitors to Honolulu and Manilla, is fixed by law. Australians and New Zealanders could not be exempted without a similar exemption being made in the case of nationals of other countries. j SENATOR MIL LEX RETURNS. j PERTH, March 14. ! Arrived Mantua. Senator Milieu is a passenger. I WESTRALIA ELECTIONS. j (Received This Day at 10.4 U a.m.) PERTH, March 14. I The election figures are incomplete., j The state of parties show Labour have j 17, Country Party 1(5, Nationalists 10, National;Labour 4. A feature of the election is that Airs Edith Cowan, an Independent, defeated the Attorney-General, Mr Draper, King’s Counsel for Y\ ost Perth, by 1543 to 1297. MANNING CLAIMS. SYDNEY, March. 14. The Manning Conunittc decided that the demand for extra men on the Atua, and Wvreema was reasonable and awarded accordingly. The cases of five other ships, including the 1 liniaroa, are finder consideration. FEDERAL POLITICS. (Received This Day at 10.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 14. Political circles anticipate additional defections from the National to the . Country Party. McWilliams, leader of : the latter, expressed the opinion that j Mr Hughes will meet. Parliament without. a majority. The Country Party | would judge all measures on their mer- ( its. COCKATOO DOCK. MELBOURNE. March 1-L Mr Cook announced that Cockatoo dock will not be closed, the trouble being only temporary.