AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1921, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

AfiSIT.AI.I.VX AND N.Z. t.'AIII.K ASSOtUAXIOM. WANI)EI! INI: CRIMINAL*;. SYDNEY. Dec 4. The “'l'elegraplt' - in a special article on wandering criminals, advocates reciprocity between Australia and New Zealand, with the object of acquainting the police authorities of each country when undesirables arc paying visiis. It recommends the interchange of detectives of Australasian capitals witli a view to identifying the chief criminals. The article states New Zealand has a habit Ml letting criminals out of the country, although heavy sentences are recorded, but tile Hoard there may revise a sentence and release the prisoner ill 111- undertakes a sea voyage, which mostly terminates at Sydney. Hie local police are ignorant until tile newcomer luings oil a new job. The Now Zealand criminal is as good as are made and ■ |IIit•- a good stock is ;U baud.

RHODES SCHOLAR. MELBOURNE. IV, ... Lindsay Tasman Ride, aged —3, a returned soldier. fourth year student of medicine lias been recommended as Rhodes scholar for 1!I22. AN UR SERVICE. I‘ERTII, l>, c. 4. The first aerial mail in Australia was inaugurated on Sunday when three machines set out with mails and passengers. and arrived at (leraldtown, 240 miles distant ill three and a half hours. They expected to reach Derby in West Kimberley on Friday, allowing for a stay at each landing.

HARVESTING. SYDNEY. December 6. Harvesting in many districts is nowin full swing. The crops generally promise a gooil yield and quality. The grain is satisfactory TRAWLING PROFIT. SYDNEY, December 5. For the first time in six years, the State trawling industry during the past year showed a profit, the amount totalling £7.401. compared with a debit for the previous year of £60,504. STATE ENTERPRISES LOSSES. BRISBANE. December 4. The Auditor-General's report “hows losses oil the Stale cntci prises tor (lie year ended dune last were £207.000. Station properties and butchers shops contributed ,0217.000 to the loss. FEDERAL TRADE. MELBOURNE, December 5. 11l the House of Representatives, attempts to reduce the naval estimates failed. The Minister of Customs announced the Government were introducing a Bill providing for the resumption of trade with Germany. A proclamation revoking the present non-trading regulations will not become operative until the anti-dumping Bill is passed, and the necessary notice given and precautions taken to prevent the dumping of German goods

A RUTTER POOL. MELBOURNE, Nov 4. Negotiations are proceeding between representatives of Ihe Federal Government and tin- dairying industry with a view to forming a hut tor pool to handle next season's Imtter. THE SINGLE MAN DIFFERENTIAL WAGES SYDNEY, November 22. To making liis award in the bank of floors' ease yesterday. Judge Rolin discussed the question of varying rates for married and unmarried iie-n. His Honour said that the burden of the diminishing value of money had fallen very heavily on the higher oui.l men If if bad been possible, be would have thought it raiisonable that the unmarried men. even on the |>asi, wage, should have Imrnc some of the harden. But lie thought it quite impracticable tu have attempted to make any distinction between married and unmarried men doing the same work. The Court had never made such a distinction. 11l fixing n minimum wage the Courts noces'.irily fixed a wage for a married man. There never had been any practice in the community as far as he was aware to make any such distinction, and any attempt to do so would give rise to great difficulties and dissatisfaction. The unmarried man would fairly claim that his work was as valuable ns that of the married man. and there must fie very numerous cases in which the unmarried man had responsibilities as heavy as those of the husband and father, lie found it difficult to believe that the unmarried man would lie so altruistic ns to lie content to accept a wage loss than that of the married man. plus a defaced stamp, indicating that a part of his wage had been utilised in paying for the family of some other man.

FULL (HURT DECISION. 'Received This Dav at 5.311 a.in.) SYDNEY, IVc. r. An impni taut Full t'oiirl decision was given in an appeal against a fine imposed by the Industrial Court for not paving a clerk the living wage fixed hv the Hoard of Tindv. The Full Coilil. bv a majority, declared tlint llie regulations insofai as they purported to penalise either employei or employees outside nnv award or industrial agreement lor paying or accepting wages below those declared by the lloanl of Tiade were ultra vires.

Justice Bring dissenting, said lie could not understand why there should lie any difference between an employee who was working under, and one who was not winking under an industrial agreement. Each was equally entitled 111 live and the intention of the act appeared to he. that all employees should lie enabled to live in comfort. WIREI ESS PRESS MESSAGE. SYDNEY. Dee 4. The first direct press wireless message from England was received today announcing the return of the Sinn Fein delegates to Londott,