AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 October 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. EX-SISTER LTGOUIM. REPORTED TO |!E KIDNAPPED. (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 27. Ex-Sister Ligoliri was returning Inline with friends last night at eleven o'clock when she was kidnapped h.v twenty men, and carried oil' in a motor car. Her whereabouts are unknown.

In a statement to the police by Rev Toucliell ht his home in Inirwoud, where Ligoliri was staying, lie explained that Joseph Partridge was going to Ireland in the steamer Ceramic and wanted his sister to go, hut she declined. Mrs Toucliell stated Ligoliri feared the influence of the Catholic Church, and had decided to embrace the Pro-, lestant faith. At her request a l> >Jvgnard lias always been provided.

FURTHER PARTICULARS. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) SYDNEY. October 27. Reverend Toucliell states bigmiri wrote to her brother declining his protection. A party were returning from a religious meeting and had iust readied the gate of Tom-hell's residence, when the attackers appeared. In a scrimmage, Toucliell was somewhat roughly handled. Mistress Tom-hell and another of tile party were knocked down in attempting to rescee Ligoiiri. who was borne to a motor ear and hurried away. The police are actively searching. Toucliell intends to invoke.the Habeas Corpus Act. He state- a lew days ago he was warned by a Roman Catholic that a plot was afoot to kidnap Ligoliri.

KEROSENE SHALE TREATMENT. (Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) SYDNEY. October 27. It is reported that a nnv treatment of kerosene shale at the Commonwealth Oil Corporation Mine at Lithgow promises most impoitniit results. I p to the present., the cost of distillation has retarded the development of lk M industry. Therefore it was decided to trv a nw method by forming nntur.d retorjs in the Shalt- itsell and .scaling off certain areas and selling lire to the Chamber of Shale thus constructed. It is st *t'-tl the first trial proved nni-t successful, the oil flowing in such volume that it was unable to provide containers lor it, N.S.AY. HOSPITAL FINANCE. SYDNEY. Oei. -J-. Hon Megirr announced the inleiitiou ni Government to discon' iiim- State an! tor hospitals. A scheme mu being de vi ed lb- compulsory colli til a! ion <••• a 1 is aml omp!".-. o-'s. so I ' p.'-o 'U.. uiiiild im.i !• .•! 'i -m ■■■•<• ’' ■ ole.-I ei . 1 IS > . NEW STATE. SYDNEY. Oct. 27. The Riverina new State movomeni lias decided that, instead of endea roaring in amalgamate \iitb \ icioria. sieps he taken l>\ the icsident -.i be .\louaro electorate in New South Wales to j. in with those nf East (hpp-h.n 1 -ilt-i .i ' luria lot till- put pose o! burning a ir-u

Slate. 11l EAR STEAM ERF,. MELBOURNE. Got. 27 The "Herald" ha-, pohlishcd tlm d tails of the sale ul eight skip-., wl i.-h changed hands in England, r.t from 11 10 to t'7 per ton, whilst t':o Commtmwealtli are building similsu steamers in Ati'tralia costing LJ!) per lon. BLAGUE SERIOUS. Bc'-civotl This Day at 11.50 a.m A BRISBANE Oct. 27 The plague is mote set ions, especially at Townsville, where utte patient ouliimilb'd sttienle by slu nt 1 tie him-