VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN.

BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. TASMANIAN DROUGHT. ENDED BY HEAVY DOWNPOUR. (Received Tin’s Day at 8 a.m.) HOBART, July 19. One of the worst droughts in the history of the State has ended with heavy rain and gales between two and three inches of rain falling, flooding a large area and causing extensive damage. A dam at Swansea mine, Zeehan was swept away. The main street was inundated. At Bridport, a small schooner was blown aslioro from her nioorins undamaged.

REIGN OF TERROR

FITZROY .MOBS AGAIN

SYDNEY, July 19

After a break of two-years there Iras been a repetition of cases of shooting which caused a reign of terror in Fitzrov in 1919.

A mob gathered in front of a house at which they fired fourteen revolver shots. The police were quickly on the scene and found only two men with revolvers in their hands. They were sm rounded and arrested and charged with attempted murder. It is stated that the other gunmen decamped on hearing the liens ol the approach ol the police.

REDUCING LICENSED HOUSES &

SYDNEY. July 19

The Licenses Deduction Board ordered the closing of sixteen hotels in the Bathurst electorate, including nine out of *25 in the town.

A REQUEST REFUSED. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 20.

A deputation asked Mr McTicrmnn (Attorney-General) that Government recoup Doctor Thompson who incurred an expenditure exceeding £7OO sterling in his efforts to secure the release of Mrs Farr. The Minister replied that Airs Farr was a wealthy woman with an estate worth £13,000. Her obvious course was to reimburse Thompson for the costs incurred on her behalf.

A BIG SCHEME. (Received This Day at 11.3(1 a.m.) SYDNEY. July 20.

Sir (Joseph iCarruthers outlined a scheme to be jointly managed by England and Australia, with the object of settling a million men on a million He urges Ibe creation of a thirty million fund for the purposes.

A DISSATISFIED BODY. SYDNEY, July 20

After severely criticising the Employers Federation as an effete, incompetent Ihulv the Master Builders As.jaci*ation withdrew affiliation ami also decided to secede from tlu» Chamber of Commerce.

\Y<)I{KERS R:IvS(ACTION. SYDNEY, July 20

A mass meeting of unemployed engineers passed a resolution (■ongratulating Japanese workers on their action in seizing the dockyards and displaying a class consciousness not yet attended by their European fellow workers.

FEDERAL POLITICS. MELBOURNE) July 20

Hi the Assembly owing to the Labour Party moving an amendment practically on the same lines as the Country Party, Govonmijent regarded it as a fresh couture motion and secured an adjournment to consider the matter.

CRICKET FIXTURES MELBOURNE, July 20. Victorian Cricket Association gave permission to Its players to participate in a benefit match between Australians and the next host in January

for Frank Iredale, the ex-Internntion-al player. The Association also sanctioned a match hot-ween Victoria and English amateurs at the request of New Zealand Association.

PICTURE CENSORS. MELBOURNE, July 20

A meeting lof tlie Mothers Union urging reforms respecting picture shows, requests legislation on lines adopted in New Zealand to check the details and methods of crime being shown on films,