AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1922, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

'• ~ - AUSTRALIAN AND N,Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. REWARD FOR CAPTURE. OF MURDERER. 1 MELBOURNE, Jan 4. The Victorian Government is offering a reward of £250 for the discovery of the girl, Tirtchke’s murderer. j AUSTRALIAN TOUR PROFITS. ■j MELBOURNE, Jan 4. > It was announced at a meeting of th« Cricket Board of Control that the profits of the Australian eleven tour amounted to £17,000. It was decided to pay a bonus of £3OO to Manager Smith and eateh member of the .team, ! and one of £IOO to Mr Ferguson, the . .scorer- A sum of £IO,OOO will, be .equally distributed among the six states represented on the Board, of Control. LORI) MAYOR AND FLAG. ! (Rewived This Day at 8.30 a.m.) I SYDNEY, Jan 5. The new Lord. Maj-or has assumed office. A noteworthy incident was the Union Jack and Commonwealth Ensign flying outside the Town Hall. REDUCTION IN WAGES. SYDNEY, Jan 5. Mr Hoskins, Managing Director of the Ironworks states a reduction of wages is imperative if the local iron and steel- trade is to survive. Investors at 'present find it more profitable to put _ their money into loans than into building in consequence; of the prohibitive costs. He suggests a reduction of twenty to twenty-five per cent, in . wages, perhaps more. It was imperative that wages in Australia should not exceed those in America. UNFMpi '' • ; SYDNEY, Jan 5. Union officials estimate the nnemploy--9 ed at forty thousand, not including Broken Hill, where the Government has spent £145.000 in relief since July 1920. * N.S.W. POLITICS. ? (Received Tins Dnv at 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jain 5. j A caucus adopted a resolution that j the elections should take place not later j than 20th March. Mr McGirr notified ~ [ the party that her would not he a can- '• didate at the general elections, as he was turning his attention to "Federal politics. I THE BUTTER POOL. 'Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan 5. ; A Conference of butter producers considered the possibility of sm-plus butter in London being unloaded' on the market and decided to purchase the stored I butter in London at 84s, the Common- : wealth to be asked to give a guarantee | provided the New Zealand Conference I decided o purchase the New Zealand i stored butter. They subsequently api proached Mr Hughes, who was personalfly unfavourable, stating he was not [convinced that the Government would ; be doing the proper thing, by giving a guarantee. If dairymen wanted Is 6d per pound, they would not get it by • such a devise as suggested.