AUSTRALIAN

Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN

VOHT7IAT.IAN AND N.Z. CAW.E ASSOCIATION. METHODTST CENTENARY. SYDNEY, Feb. fi. Bishop Locke, head of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America in the Philippines, has arrived ..ere on route to New Zealand, to participate in a centenary celebration of Methodism there. N.S.W. POLITICS 1R« ceived This Day at 10.15 a.m.Y SYDNEY, February 6. A special Government Gazette has been issued proroguing the New South Wales Parliament until March 7. SYDNEY, February 7. Speaker Levy was defeated for national selection for Sydney electorate for the Council, for which five candidates were selected. CLOTHING TRADE 1 WAGES. SYDNEY, February 7. The wages of the clothing trades employees ivere reduced by six shillings per iveek for men and three shillings for women, as from the first instant. The reduction was made in accordance with the terms of the adjustment clause of the Federal Arbitration Court award.

I STRIKE AT BROKEN HILL, j NEWCASTLE February 7. i Owing to eight moulders at Brol ken Hill steel works refusing to ac- ! eopt a reduction of wages, a thousand ) men will be thrown idle. The moulders • were previously paid £6 10s, which was . over the award rate. - WOOL SALES. MELBOURNE, February 7. ■ At the wool sale, merinos of all grades were slightly easier and crossbreds unchanged. PERMISSION REFUSED. MELBOURNE, February 7. The City Council by seventeen votes to eleven, refused permission for a holiday for St Patrick’s Day procession. HOOKWORM DISEASE.

BRISBANE, Feb. 6. A hoookworm campaign in Maryborough district, extending over eight months, resulted in the discovery of 1300 infected people out of 11,000 examined. The Lord Mayor has convened a conference of citizens to discuss immediate steps to assist the health authorities to free the city front plague before the influx of visitors at Easter

THE BAD ATv CASE. MELBOURNE, Eel). 7. In tlie Badak case, the evidence of sharebrokers showed Clarke’s sales of shares during the boom period ran into many thousands, while his purchases were small. They added that Clarke expressed confidence in the mines and was disinclined to sell. He had an opportunity to clear his holdings before the crash came.

LABOR DECISIONS

Received This Day at 12.2. J p.m.) 1 SYDNEY, Feb. 7. The Australian Workers’ Union annual conference resolved not to partici-

pate in Mr Hughes’ round table conference, while the Coal Miners Federation Conference decided to participate. EXCHANGE RATES. SYDNEY, Fob. 7. The buying rate of exchange in Sydney on New Zealand has been raised from one half to three-quarters per cent. The discount selling rate is unchanged.