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Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1921, Page 3

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WOOL CERTIFICATES. SYDNEY, July 25. The central wool committee is dis

tribiiling priority wool certificates and

share certificates in 15awra representing twenty-two million, also retiring the certificates of small growers 'reducing the number of shareholders to 50,000.

N. S. W. TEAM. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) • SYDNEY, July 25.

Buchanan and Conner arc not available for the New Zealand tour. N. M ingav has been chosen as five-eighths hut a forward lias yet to he. selected.

T. H. Bosward will he manager

CRICKET FINANCE.', (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 25. The annua] report of the Cricket As-

sociation shows a record season. The receipts for the year were £12,908 ster-

ling and expenditure £6057. Federal income tax amounted to £I,OOO. It was decided to cuter a strong protest

as the money was expended in promoting the game.

. QUEENSLAND MENICIPAI

ELECTIONS

LABOR WIRED OUT

(Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) BRISBANE, July 25.

Later returns show La homy suffered a crushing defeat at the municipal elec-

tions. Anti-Labourites captured approximately five hundred seats to thir-

ty secured by the Labourites. In nil cities and the larger towns, every Labourite candidate was defeated. Where they wore .successful in the smaller boroughs, it was only by (lie narrow-

est of majorities. The Premier, commenting, attributed the defeat to the apathy of the Labourites who evidently thought the petti-fogging affairs of local Government could safely he left in the hands of Tory politicians. The Nationalist Deader claims the result is practically a vote of no-con-fidence in the Government.

Flood Damage-

SIX LIVES LOST

DANDER OF EXTENSION

dhuviml 'I his Day at 1D. 15 a.m.) SYDNEY. July 26.

Floods on the North Coast are diminishing, but u" ing to many places aifeeled still being isolated, information respecting the damage i> incomplete. There is extensile damage at Lismote. Scores of houses were submerged to the roofs.

Four persons were drowned in Richmond river, iiuincß three adults and a child, bringing Die total to six. In the north-west and west, the floods are becoming worse and it is feared will be greater than any in the past .*

The State Meteorologist considers the stretch of country from Boggabnllu to Bourke, three hundred miles, will be under water in a few days.