AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

VARIOUS CABLED ITU,IS

lUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ANTI-DUMPING BILL. MELBOURNE, May 12 In the House the reports on the tariff debate is dragging along. The Minister of Customs announced that the Bill would cover anti-dumping provisions, which will be introduced at the earliest opportunity.

LADY BARRISTER. SYDNEY, May 12. Miss Ada Evans was admitted to-day as a barrister. She is the first lady barrister -in New South Wales. A CQNSUL SUICIDES. SYDNEY, May 12. An inquest- disclosed that Kaarlos Naukler, Swedish Consul, suicided. A doctor gave evidence that decased came to him and said he had injected morphia into his leg because he was upset over his wife leaving him and he asked the doctor if he could

save him. Remedies were tried but they proved unavailing. According to other evidence, Naukler had been overworking and was suffering from mental strain. A verdict was returned that death was caused by morphia, wilfully self-administered. ft S YDNEY-’FRISCO SERVICE. ■SYDNEY, May 12. Tlie Union Company’s Sydney-San Francisco mail service will be resumed on May 30.

LOYALISTS’ LEAGUE. SYDNEY, May 12. The Returned Sailors and Soldiers’ Imperial I/-‘ague has written to Hon. Mr Dooley (Acting Premier) conveying a loyal resolution carried at the Domain meeting on Sunday and urging it as a necessity to introducing legislation to suppress exhibitions of disloyalty, also to make it illegal to exhibit tlie Red Flag under any condition. MAIL CONTRACT. MELBOURNE, May 13 In the House of Representatives, the Postmaster General submitted the new mail contract with tlie Orient Coy. He explained that it was only intended to (over the transitional period, until the shipping position was more settled and was terminable at twelve months’ notice. It provides for a four weekly, in place of a fortnightly service. The annual subsidy is £130,000 sterling.

SEAMEN’S DEMAND. (Received This Day at 8.30 -m.) SYDNEY, May 12 The Seamen’s- Union is demanding from Interstate Shipowners, an increase of £2 monthly in -wages.