AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[ VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS j AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. CHEAP SHIPS. ADELAIDE, Get. 2. Mr Poynton, addressed a- deputation representing a shipbuilding firm and union officials, who were asking that more shiphuildng should ho given to | South Australia. He warned the woik- | ers to realise what was in front of I them, as the position now was that j ships could ho purchased in England at 1 pounds per ton cheaper than they ’ could be built in Australia, and the i Federal Government could not carry | on any industry at such a sacrifice. ! LORD NORTHCLIFFE. i SYDNEY, This Day ] Lord Northclill'o lias sailed for China. j PLAGUE VICTIM. 1 BRISBANE, This Day. j A further ease of plague Ts reported, the victim being a hoy residing at Spring Hill. I COMMENT OX DERBY. ! (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) I SYDNEY. October 3. The “Herald” commenting oil the Derby, says many racing men contend that geldings should not be eligible for Derbies and there are good ground for such arguments. The Derby race should decide the best three-year olds of the year and should l;e i-u'ght out among colts and fillies id the time. If an owner i-on.-idon-d a cult first ela—. he would not geld him. The best three year olds should be capable of reproduction. thus maintaining certain strains. LORD NORTHCLIFFE. i Received This Da v at 10.15 a.m.) | SYDNEY. Oct. 3. i 111 a final interview. Lord North.-liffe stated he found three elements which - spelt success ill life Concentration of purpose, health, and the seizing of Dame Fortune when she pays her visit. PAR KIPS ENGINE TROUBLE. MELBOURNE, Oct. 2. Parer had trouble with his engine which developed a knocking on the way to Adelaide, in the second attempt at a flight round Australia. ’I he Might- lias been interrupted.