AUSTRALIAN

Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1922, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN

VUHTHALUN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FHE BLAGUE, SIDNEY, January 31. The plague patient is progressing lavoprably, and no infected rats have been .discovered on the premises where, ,the -ease occurred. . STIR IN -LABOUR CIRCLES. SIDNEY, January £l. • Mr McGirr’s recent selection, -as a candidate for a Sydney seat has caused' much .perturbation in Labour circles; amongst .other Filings because it means' ousting the sitting member, Mr Minahjjin, [the validity -of the ballot is questioned, and a meeting of the jE-xe- ;■ eutive of the Labour Party declared ,iit void, j and endorsed the pew se t of candidates, excluding McGirr, and; including;jjVlinahan. The decision was followed -by a wild scene during which j the majority of the Executive mad© their exit by the hack entrance. FRENCH AID. SYDNEY, -Feb. 2 i The French Government'have granted Sydney University 8,000 francs annually towards the establishment of two travelling sholarships, enabling two students to visit Paris and pursue their studies there.

A MILLION DEFICIT. SYDNEY, Feb. 2

The State revenue for seven months of the current financial year shows a deficit of over a million. INFLUENZA OUTBREAK. MELBOPRNE, Feb. 2. Doctor Cumpston, Director General of -Health, referring to the epidemic of influenza in New York, thinks it unlikely, on tho known history of the disease that it will lie a recurrence ok the severe form which travelled round the- world in 1918. The present outbreak is clearly of a milder type. record coal output. SYDNEY. Feb. 2. N.S.W. coal ouput last year was 10.793,000 tons, seventy seven thousand in excess of the previouos year, also establishing a record, which but for numerous strikes would have been considerably higher. Th e . value was £9,078.000 sterling dr £1,355,000 above 1920. A LABOUR SPLIT. THREATENED IN N.S.W. SYDNEY, February 2. In connection with the New South - Waes elections to be held shortly, a conference of the representatives of sixteen of the Unions that are affiliated to the Australian Labour Party has been convened. The conference js to consider the action of the Executive of the Australian Labour Party in connection with the endorsement of Air McGirr for a Sydney seat. This conference will be followed by a conference of all the unions. Some prominent officials declare "that unless McGirr’s seection is endorsed the industrialists will hrea kawav from the A. L.P, and will ask McGirr to lead a new Labour Party, independent of the present party.

QUFENS L<\ND AGENT-O.ENKRAL BRISBANE, Fell. 2.

The Hon. Mr Fihellv, tne State Treasurer in the Queensland Government, has now been appointed by the Government to the position of Queensland Agent-General in London. Mr Fihellv will take over the office from Mr Hunter, the present Agent-General. BASIC WAGE. SYDNEY, Feb. 2. The New South Wales Board of Trade is sitting to decide whether it has the power to review the basic wage more frequently than once yearly. The Government opposes any further review. The Government is represented by counsel.