AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1921, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

0? TELEGRAPH —PRESS ABBN., COPYRIGHT. LIVING WAGE. SYDNEY, July 9. During the hearing of a case in the Industrial Arbitration Court, Judge Kurlev.is stated if the Board of Trade decreased the living wage he would decrease the wages of all employees coming before him accordingly.

A SUGGESTION REJECTED. NEWCASTLE, July 9. A combined meeting of miners lodges rejected the resolution emanating from the Council of miners federation, to the effect that failing the grant of a sihour working day by the Coal Tribunal, the Federation should consider the question of taking over the mines. SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT. MELBOURNE, July 9. In the House of Reps., Mr Cook ■omplained of the attitude of the Now | South Wales Government jn relation (l > soldiers settlement. He stated th< Government had submitted n list showing the latter had .settled forty-one soldiers at a cost of £130.000 sterling an average of £3,500 per man. TOMMY T’REN DEFEATED. SYDNEY, July 10. In the Middleweight boxing championship contest, Frank Burns defeated Pommy Uron in the 9th round through the latter mistaking the count and not rising before ten. LYING CABLES TO PRESS. SYDNEY, July 9. Mr Hughes at the Conference, complained o| inadequate and misleading news regarding Australia cabled from Sydney. One cable said that wild dogs irom the centre oF Australia were steadily creeping over New South Wales and the farmers wore retiring before the menace Mr Hughes said it was lamentable to find sneli gross mischievous misrepresentations. Ti was hard to express one’s indignation at such venemoiis attempts to belittle their great licit country. Tie could only look to public opinion in Australia to deal with this kind of cable. The recrudescence of the wild dog myth came at a time when lie held an official message from Australia, about the remarkably favourable position. Nothing eonld bo more contradictory (ban this information from the Government and (be story of the desolation cabled from Sydney. This kind of news was served up in England, and to the world. Tt would affect their credit and would bode--4 motive to the price of their eornmoities. Mr Hughes said ho already had directed the attention of the proprietors of the London papers to the mis- I leading staioments. , RACING. SYDNEY. This Day. The Moore field Handicap resulted:— Insurrection 1. Granspark 2. October Belle 3. Won bv a length. Time 2.9”. MELBOURNE. This Day. There were twelve starters for the National Steeples.

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