AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.2- CABI.K ASSOCIATION PAPER SUES PAPERS. ,Received This Day at h a.m.) SYDNEY, March 21. The “ Daily Mail ” newspaper has is sued writs against the “ Daily telegraph ” and “Sydney Morning Herald.” claiming from each £IO,OOO damages in respect to an alleged libel contained in an election advertisement published in j die “ Herald ” and “ Telegraph.” j

PRICE OF BETTER. SYDNEY, March 24. The wholesale price of butter lias ada need one penny per pound.

HIGH COURT APT’KAI

Received This Day at 8 a.m ) MELBOURNE, March 24. The High Court fixed next Wednesday in Svdncv for the heaving of the application by Colin Ross lor le«\c to appeal against, the Full Court’s decision in dismissing his former appeal. wharf employment. tPeceivod This Day at lI.MO a.m.) SYDNEY, March 24. Wharf labourers at a mass meeting, passed a, resolutioin favouring the continuance of the bureau system of picking un labour, instituted during the 1017 strike; also urging a notary scheme of employment with light, work for aged and incapacitated members. Tv AITAN GAT A RET!' It NS. SYDNEY, March 24. The Kaitangata returned to port under a jury-rigged rudder and expects to resume the voyage at tho end of next wek. BRISBANE, March 24. Governor has issued a proclamation formally abolishing the Legislative Council.

BA W'liA FINANCE. BRISBANE, In consequence of the depression in the wool textile trade, the financial resources of many Bradford concei?ns have seriously diminished and Bawra has been approached and invited to | subscribe to a new company, the wo.fi j textile financial company, with a capi- j tal of a million, the object being j finance suitable concerns to enable , them to resume normal, or extend their ; trading. Bawra decided to invest fifty j two thousand. Air Higgins, explaining j stated, the directors of •British and ; Australian Boards considered it in the j best interests of wool owners to assist j such firms. It showed the owners were j ready to cooperate with manufacture!s j and distributing houses, in overcoin- ? jug the difficulties.common to the in- j dustry. It also provided an opportu- j nity* for advancing the claims on j crossbred wool as Bawra was partid- | pating, on an understanding with j manufacturers that crossbred wool \ would he ‘encouraged. ! Arrangements j were also made to insure not l ( 'ss ; than seventy five per cent of Baw- j ra”s subscription with fdoyd’s, on j moderate terms. ,