AUSTRALIAN

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1922, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

DARING VOYAGERS

SYDNEY, Jan 14

The motor yacht, has arrived from New York, after an adven- ! turou’s voyage of eleven thousand miles. j’A.. P. Gowen, with his wife and two j friends, comprise the crew. The object is to circumnavigate the globe in the -tiny craft. . N.S.W. POLITICS. | SYDNEY, Jan 14. j ! It is understood that Mr Dooley contem ! plates resigning if the caucus agrees to i Mr McGirr’s proposal to postpone the ! elections for twelve months. It is [suggested that Mr Dooley has been | offered the position of Agent-General. . ft is claimed that the Profiteering Prevention Court saved the public ■ £375,833 sterling during the last halfyear by the fixation, of meat prices. It is estimated that four million pounds of meat"are consumed weekly in the metropolis. WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, Jan 14. The wool sales at Albury attracted a large attendance. Yorkshire and America obtained the bulk of the offering. All tines appreciated five to twenty per cent. Experts declared it was the best show of the district wo*ls ever at Albury. N.SW POLITICS 'Deceived This Day at 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 16.

Mr McGirr’s proposal to further postpone the election, 'has broken the. labour camp into two factions, and led, to recriminations between members of the ministry. Mr Dooley adheres to the proposal for an early election, while Mr McGirr expresses confidence that he will carry his- proposals for the postponement at Tuesday’s caucus meeting.. Meantime Mr Levy states that shouldany attempt 1)6 made to prolong the life of'Parliament, 'he will step down from the chair,' leaving Mr McGirr a difficult task of finding a Speaker.

Speaking at Bathurst, Mr Dooley declared pressure was brought upofi him to postpone the elections, hut they were going to be held at the earliest possible date. He was not going to crawl on his hands and knees to get one side or the otluh" to take the Pi emiership, neither was he going to listen to any overtures that had been mnde , for getting him out of the road. No prize of any sort would tempt him to resign the premiership. AGAINST COLOURED LABOUR. ADELAIDE, January 13. Tlie Executive of the Australian Labour Party have issued a statement strongly condemning the advocacy by the Premier and others of the introduction of coloured labour into the Northern Territory and decided to fight the movement.