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Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1921, Page 3

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4UBT7IALIAN AND N.Z. CAIII.E ASSOCIATION. WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, November 21. The (lemiind for good fine wools continues strong at full rat's Burry and inferior have an easing tendency and declined five to seven uul a half per cent, on closing rates of last series. FEDERAL BASIC WAGE. i SYDNEY, Nov. 23. The (I'ovei'iuneiif's female basic, wage is £2 3s and not £2 2s as cabled yesterday. I ELECTOR AI, AMENDMENT. j SYDNEY. Nov. 21. j The ,-liier lealures of ilie Parliniueii- ■ (ary Elections Amendment Bill introduced in the Assembly are compulsory enrolment, signing of newspaper articles and letters comment ing on elections, extension of polling hours to

eight in tlie evening. The proportional representation system is retained. Inn is simplified. AN EXTRADITION CASK. SYDNEY, Nov. 21. The hearing of a remarkable ease lias concluded, resulting in the Court ordering i!ie extradition of a Krenoli officer, Eugene l.egrns. The evidence dis- j closed a ,-oiiriiaartial al j llangi sentenced l.egrns to 20 years penal servi-j tilde on charges of forgery and embezzlement of large sums of money, by means of overstating the pay due In soldiers, on leave. Legros escaped hum llangi in October 1921), and entile to Alislialia. The defence was ilia I be | never handled tile money and only did what bis superior officers told him : that j

(bey assisted him to escape, and gave him money to do so, in order to hush up tile matter, lie lurther declared that one of the comma tula nls at llangi depot suicided alter discovering that he had several hundred thousand I runes i,7 tile bank for which he could not account. lie declares lie came I rom Hongkong to Australia oil the stiength uf infiioiiialioii that a body lonud in a bay at llangi. which French officers had idealilied as his. Therefore he thought everything was light. The Court granted Legros light of appeal to the Supreme Court against extradition.

labour matters. SYDNEY. November 21. The I.about Party has issued an appeal to tliei Churches' to set aside December -Hit. as a special day for licet ions on behalf *>! starving Kussion peasants. The Australian Labour I’arlv have asked farmers and settlers association to confer on the question of a new scale of pay for harvesters, involving considerable increase. The AssoeintSon re plied that as harvesting is in Dill swing, and or,lters are corking smoo-

thly ’ bet well employ,', ami employeeaml there is no scarcity “I lab,mi. a fmijVrunci* is unooosssiry. AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

SPDNEI’. Nov 23. |„ tile Assembly a Bill was introduced to terminate preference to soldiers employment oil 3st l)fcembei\ H •read a first time by 37 In 30. It is ascertained Hint overpayments of 1010-Hi wheat pool approximated £(',00.000 and of llie current pool £ 100.

In the House of Representatives, a motion hv Mr Gliarlio.i to expunge an item of (J1T, 2.000 sterling passage money. for assist,si immigrants was defeated by 39 to 11.