VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1921, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN.

tUS'IitALLxN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, i FARMERS WANT TO STRIKE. SYDNEY, August 8. In his Presidential address, the President of the Farmers’ and Settlers. Conference advocated a strike of farmers. He said that, as a protest against 44 hours week and the fixing of the meat prices, a strike of farmers land pastoralists should be started. This was enthusiastically supported by the delegatee. AVIATOR PARER’S ENTERPRISE. MELBOURNE. August 8. Lieut. Parer is rapidly recovering, lie expects to resume his flight in 10 or 12 days. THE SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, August 8. The Third series of wool sales here has commenced. Competition was keen and late rates were well maintained. SUBSIDISED SHIPPING SERVICE. SYDNEY, August 8. The Commonwealth Government’s subsidised service between Fijian ports and the United Kingdom was inaugurated on Saturday, when tile steamer Bulla left Sydney for Suva, where she loads copra and general merchandise and proceeds to London and Hull, via Panama. POLITICAL CAMPAIGN (Received This Dav at 8 a.in.) MELBOURNE, Nug. <>. Mr Lawson lias opened the l.iberal campaign, delivering a policy.speech. VICTORIAN POLITICS. MELBOURNE, Aug. 9. Mr Lawson declared the Government would be a socialistic masquerader in Liberal garments if it bad not refused to continue the wheat pool system. Every Liberal in the National Government stood for control of production of industries bv private enterprise. The proposal for a wheat-growers’ compulsory pool was an instalment of revolutionary syndicalism in Victoria. MR TUDOR’S HEALTH. SYDNEY, Aug. 9. Mr Tudor announced that hi s health continues unsatisfactory, and he felt unable to conthire the leadership of the 1 aboiir Partv.