VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1921, Page 1

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

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CONTROL OF JUNIOR LABOUR,

SYDNEY, June 11

The Board of Trade has commenced the discussion of a scheme to control j unitor luL-our. The scheme proposes that no member under fourteen he admitted to any occupation, and that the .number of apprentices bo not more than will maintain ihc supply ol mechanics.

LIQUOR EMPLOYEES THREAT,

SYDNEY, June 11

Liquor trade employees threatened to withdraw their application to the Labour Council, in consequence of die latter’s decision in favour of prohibition.

WOM EN FOOT BA LL ER S

SYDNEY, June 11. Over one hundred younger men a* tended n preliminary meeting of Mi? Rugby Longue in connection with proposal to form ladies teams. Training commences next week. There w.-i he a' public exhibition when graduated.

TO PLAY IN MELBOURNE. SYDNEY, .June 11

Mr Palmer has received a repiy stating the Spiingboks will play two matches in Melbourne against Vic tori m Rugby Union teams.

AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN’S CLAIMS. MELBOURNE, June 12. At the request of the Federated Seamen’s Union the Federal Arbitration Court convened a compulsory conference of representatives of ship owners and seamen for June lfi, with a view of reaching finality on the question of the 1 seamen’s claims.

aeroplane crashes. SYDNEY, Juno 12

An.aeroplane crashed at Gloucexte c killing Captain Henry Hawkins, who gained the Military Cross, the Legion I of Honour, and other decorations du- ! ring the war; and also Thomas LawrL, ' a passenger. The pilot has ascended : about 150 feet-, when the engine ap- ! pen red to cut out. The machine then crashed down, pinning Lawrie and Hawkins underneath. Another passenger, named Sheddon, was thrown clear, | and only slightly injured. wreckage sighted. SYDNEY, June 12. The steamer MakamWo wirelessed that she has sighted wreckage twentyeight miles from Sydney Heads, con- ' sisting of a mast with a crosspiece. It | is believed it is from the missing sailing ship Omega. The authorities are eon sidering the dispatch of a vessel to in vest-igato.

committed for trial. MELBOURNE, June 12. Worth in "ton, the Sergeant nt Arm* in the Victorian Parliament whose armrest was cabled on May 20th, has been committed for trial on the charg* of corruptly receiving moneys in tin form of a payment for warbonds stolen