AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1921, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN* AND N.Z. CAtit.E ASSOCIATION. RLAGRE RAT IN SYDNFY. SYDNEY, Sept. 2d. The belief tlutt the p'lagne rats had been confined to the wharf, where they were liist discovered, was shattered yesterday, when ait infected rodent was; caught in a city block outside the wharf cordon. The authorities are hnprtul that it is only a stray animal, driven out by the activities o> the ra, eatellers inside the cordon. Further stringent ptecautions are being taken to meet the development. XE\Y CASTLE MINERS RIiOI’tISA L. SYDNEY. Set)!. 2d. The iepresentat ives of the .Maitland and (ireta district miners’ Lodges have endorsed the Newcastle district miners’ decision to limit work to nisi" sL T: - pel- fortnight, and have apptoved of a conference with the mine ovrors villi a view to securing the chan-.;". AUSTRALIAN nkws. SYDNFY, September 21. Another infci ted rat has been discovered at the vliarl vacated by the Wyreema, Otherwise, the war against tile plague is proceeding satisfactorily. Fill-small, the delegate of the Labour Council who went to Russia early in the year disguised as a seaman, read a paper at tin- Third Mosiow international stating a small gioup of revolutionaries had established branches of the Communist party in Alists - ;,lia bv st.iiling unions with secret organ isaiii'Oiis. 11l- looked forward to the Au.stialiiin Rroletariat taking part in the world ntoveunem to overthrow capitalism. The Profiteering Court coit-ci,ted to the request of the biitl'T pool, to decontrol hotter, on a.—ainus-s being given that the pike wnild fall tiveJienie per pound. BRISBANE, September 24. An inf-eted rat t\-:s eaiigM at Cairns otherwise tile plage,, position is 1111chauged. It. is ascertained there is one body still among the debris in Mount Mulligan mine. Tliose identified yesterday were Fitzpatiiey. Reay Camedea. C. James. MELBOURNE, Stiqvtsinli'T 21. The Drient . oiopaiy' and postal -onl-.0. rit'.ies are negei.ia t ing "ithavi'-v. to t rans-Com meiil a I i:n|v;,v train- meeting tie- mail steamers at- Freemantl" this saving several day- waiting. A TRACKDY. SYDNEY. Septemher 1:1. A triple shooting afi'air occurred at I’ark'-s. MT’lliam Mann, a farmer, liis wife ami dnughter were the victims. Mr- Mann was killed almost instantly. The police statement shows the familv \\ ere mu liapuy. It I s midi-r----stued tin- lallie: n-ked Die daughter to bring poles fnitii tin- lo sb w|»-n l!i• - mother interposed. An allei-catioii followed and then (he shooting. SYDNEY. Sept. 25 Mil mi. one Oi the victims of the I’c.rke.s trngedy shot himself in the h'-ad. Hicoinlil ion is eiitieal T!a .la'"--iier’s Miuiint i- mu scrions. SYDNEY. Sent. 2d. Mnnn sin climbed io Id- wounds an I