AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

3JHJHIIIAI.IAN AND K.Z. tAULE ASSOUAUON. A LABOR APPEAL. ] (Received This Buy :iL 9.5 a.m.) ( SYDNEY, Oct. 7. ' TJic Laliour Council adoiitod a reso- | lution that an ai>|K>al he made to the workers of Cieriminy urging them to renew their efforts to overthrow the capitalistic system. The C<»"wil promises to do the same in Australia. FOURTH I’LAOUE CASK. BRISBANE. Oct. <• A fourth case of plague was reported in the city on Wednesday. FEDERAL APPOINT.M KNT. MELBOURNE, Oct. i The announcement was made at the "Nationalist caucus that Mr Cook had heen appointed High Commissioner, to take up tlie'duties at the end ol IHcembehr. AUSTRALIA’S DKI.K.OATK. _ MELEOUENK, Oct. I. .Mr Hughes’s announcement in the House of Representatives that Mr Pearce was appointed delegate to Washington Conference, provoked considerable criticism by the Labotn Partv, Mr Watt and others, who contended Mr Pearce’s qualifications were not high enough. ■•Telegraph’s” correspondent siig.rosts Covernment selected Mr 1 earce hi the hope that he would he n<-cept-able to New Zealand, as the delegate from Australasia. AUSTRAI.I AN OF I EGATK. MELBOURNK, Oct. 0 The Federal Cabinet decided that Senator Pearce shall represent Australia at the Washington Oonterenee. DESTROYERS PAID OH’. _ MELBOURNE, Oet. m Three destroyers, the Tasmania, lattoo, and Success have been paid <'•* 1,1 accordance with the scheme ol retrenchiiient. It is stated the fleet is 11(< w reduced beyond the safety margin. FLY INC THE FLAO. [Received This Day at 12.2-1 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 7. | When the flags at the Town Hall| were, hoisted at hall-mast lor Mi i Storev, the Union Jack flew above the Australian flag, l ord Mayor Lambert ordered the Australian flag to be P ace l above the Union .lack and nov. it 'tlic incident caused much adverse comment. MAY DAY. SYDNEY. Oct. 7 The Labour Council decided to appeal to the Union not to participate in the eight hour day celebration, hn to make May Day a universal lahotti <U> INFLUENZA INCREASIN'.!! SYDNEY. Oet. t. The epidemic of influenza '» New Hebrides is now dying out. It caused 4ft deaths in hospitals and numbers outside. All were natives.