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Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1922, Page 3

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j AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION ’ i , DAVIS CUP. '..Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 7. _ Mr Hicks' announced that as a. re- ' I suit of proposals made to Anderson and Patterson, by the Tennis Council, there is now a reasonable prospect of both nominating for the Davis Cup, but only at a considerable sacrifice to themselves. 1 RREBYTEiUA'N MODERATOR, i ■; SYDNEY, April 7. ; Rev. A. Stuart (McCook, stationed i for ninefe n years at West Maitland, i was elected Moderator of the Presby-t-rinn' Assembly. OBITUARY. ! SYDNEY, April 7. A 'private cable from London announced the death of William Nicholas Wallis, who was a member of the As- . numbly for fifteen years. | A DISPUTED WILL. MELBOURNE, April 7. An application ha.s been lodged for probate of a draft copy of a will made in -February 1921 by Mrs hippo, cabled on' 17th July. The executor declares a later will whereby Smith was the sole beneficiary, is invalid. A caveat against- the probate application has been lodged on behalf of tho husband. WAGES REDUCED. BRISBANE, April 7. The Arbitration Court reduced wages of adults by 5s and youths five per cent weekly in the sugar refining industry, bringing the rate on accord with the basic wage. ADELAIDE’S TRIALS. •Received This Day at 1L.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 7. The cruiser Adelaide after starting on a 24-hours trial, returned to port after live hours, in consequence of defacts in the engine room. Further trials are postponed till Monday. TARIFF RECIPROCITY. MELBOURNE, April 7. /N'ogoiiatjioivs- for tariff ireeiprooiffy between Australia and New Zealand have been finally settled, and a provisional agreement was signed to-day. It is understood concession favours primary rather than secondary industries. a boat disaster. ADELAIDE, April 7. A disaster lias overtaken a partv which loft Adelaide in January to scroll for oil deposits in the Northern Territory and North-Eastern Australia. A squall struck the R'”' when passing Pt. Pearce and it sank imnmftiatolv. Two <if fbc partv arc lrtissimr. ) » f’ i r* t i r* t L ./ In our report of 11 o Sub-Uni: u meet- i iug in yesterday's iss: in, in connection | with Hie R. forces’ Association alien;! ', ; if stated Mr Houston objected to bein •; die'sifed to by the Union, ’liiis .should hate read instead C-at o'ljottion - was la'sed to being dictated to hv the Clubs. ' ' 1

Tl.e death took place io-dav qfiur'TTfT a.:d re peeled resident' oF’lxuiiiarn disD.’.'t, Air Daniil Ryan, who pass <1 aa ay at the advanced age of M) years. r l e deceased was one of the old pioneers and settled in Hillmans at the rim? of the rush, being a well-known licensee there for a great many years. Dir wife piedcocated him some 13 years ago. lie leaves two daughters and two sons, to mourn their loss.