AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. NEW SOUTH WALES WINE SHOP. SYDNEY, Feb. 13. In a prosecution, under the Liquor Act, wherein the licensee of a wine bar was charged with allowing persons to remain on the premises after six o’clock in the evening, several other persons were charged with being found on the premises.

The Magistrate dismissed the cases, ruling that the provisions of the Liquor Act of 1905 were still in force as regards wine and spirit merchants.

UNEMPLOYED AND EMIGRATION SYDNEY, Jan. 23.

Mr J. Howie, president of the Trades and Labour Council, stated to-day that in London hundreds of unemployed were anxious to get to Australia, Daily there were to be seen queues outside the immigration offices in London. These people heard all 1 , sorts of stories about Australia, and many had the opinion ha they only had to get aboard iai ship to have free board and lodging for the next six weeks. Mr Howie gave the names of two immigrants who were offered work on n farm neap Penrith at 5s a week with keep. Both men left families in England, but were unable to obtain work in Sydney.

SYDNEY WOOI. SALES. SYDNEY, February ]3. Tho wool sales continued to-day and competition was keen, all classes selling briskly, and late rates being maintained.

HUGHES AND LABOUR

MELBOURNE, Feb. 14

Hon W. M. Hughes, criticising the labour officials’ opposition to the roundtable conference, explained there was no intention to entrap labour, hut it was desired they should reap some of the benefits from the Conference ns were reaped by Ireland and at "Washington. Mr Hughes added that unless the cost of production was reduced, unemployment on a large scale was inevitable.

HEAT WAVE. •Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 14. The weather for the past week lias been very hot.

MELBOURNE, Feb. 14

The beat wave for several days was broken after reaching 103. The thermometer fell in half an hour to 78.

WASHINGTON CONFERENCE

MELBOURNE, Feb. 14

Hon W. M. Hughes, referring to the Washington Conference, said it bad done all and more than was expected. The end of the suicide policy between the Naval Powers bad been lifted. The great burden of expenditure was off tlieii shoulders, and the war-weary world were ensured of peace in the Pacific. FLEA CAMPAIGN. SYDNEY, Feb. 14. The Health authorities are pushing the campaign against fleas.,* They brought forth numerous complaints about the prevalence of the pest in the railway carriages. Dame Melba, in a letter to the press, has given prominence to the subject, She states that when she was travelling from .Melbourne in a sleeper neither she nor her maid were able to obtain a. wink of sleep owing to the attention of fleas. The Railway Commissioners, after a special inquiry, replied that the sleeper was thoroughly overhauled and defined, and fumigated before use. They are now j undertaking more effective methods for , a regular and complete destruction of j all vermin in railway carriages.