AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1921, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

ll sl II'.I.IAN A.NU N.Z. I'Ahl.K ASStKIATIO

•SHIPMENT OF GOLD. SYDNEY, Dec. S

A lccord shipment of sovereigns, lour hundred thousand, was shipped >" the Ywiituta for Sail Kriioeiseo. FEDERAL I’Oi.l’l ICS. MELBOURNE, Dec. si. The lcpreseutatives by bl lo h adjourned ilie debate on llie Convention bill, virtually .shelving it. Mi Fowler |uo|)use- to rove ii aimndiu.'iit 1" deduct salaries by suggesting a sliding :de in acfoitlame wil.i die di-tance tiavellcd. Meinbcis wit Din tw.. I.oii:11! I’.ulia LT.l'll. i ’i'll'' h his. L'i'iai. ami ..Hiet's L'stM. A paragraph referring to exchange in ri..' Ami-dumping Bill, winch was agreed 10, piovides if excliange value ia an .'X|;.,riilig country dcp.c. ialt.i eiiuiniiig the .Australian inipoilei to buy a t |i.s tie. i imeii t:il to Ansi ralia u lurin'..:!. exebangr duty Inti? be illipased.

A bol t bill ha ~ beell illtlodll. ed |no- \ idiii; 1 ; Hail no peison be eligible tor non.inalion for ilia Repiesental ives or Si ii.i e, if a iiieiid.-'i ot tin* Stale I’mie.iaeiii. or i- pos*'c<sed “I 11 •- right under standing law to be icappoiiited, in Hie event of defeat at tho I'edora! eolllr’st. ’file bill is :l eollllte: bbisl to Stale legislation enabling silting nioml,e:s to ei ill test Fedot til vaeamies. Statistics of I'.ieliii'' s, slum- Ausl raoa I, is t'.ll.lllin.lKlO attendani es at s(>B llieitlie.' in the year. ’l’liere is one thoatio to eveiw (,2b-1 of population, against -is thousand in A I’". and bMIIII in Great Britain.

THE AH! SMASH. PERTH, Dec. .S. Broilrly suggests Eaweott endeavoured in laud on Iricßv ground surrounded by tall gum lives. The maebiiie stalled ;U :i 100 lo«v lor ivcovriv. Thu sirtiii*' .Minister ot 1 Mr I* vi it*. i*\|»l:imu«l tin* disaster WJi*' ,l dut* to faulty jdneoH. ns two other machines had already IsintKul S.itrly. A NOT 11 Ki* DEATH. UKirril, Dee. 8 Another death is reported in the mining disaster, Steve links. A U STB ALI AN SENATE. MELBOURNE, December 8. The Australian Senate passed a resolution to-doy convoying to Mr l.loyd George “its fervent appreciation and gratitude for his statesmanship in reconciling the interests of the Irish people with those of the other communities within the British Empire, thus ending their long and bitter estrangement.

Tho resolution also conveys to the leaders of the Irish convention their warm greeting on the accomplishment of the agreement.