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Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1922, Page 3

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AGBTHAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAULK AHWOIAimN WRECKED SURVIVORS• have 1 Ryixo experiences. This Day at 10.Iff n.m.; 1-OKT DARWIN. April 12. Oi the oil searching party wrecked at point Pearce, the two missing meml )ers are Cramptoa, owner of the lug. gcr and Fernie the drilling expert. They were hist seen swimming in a tempestuous sea. There weie five survivors including two Europeans, named Sands and Bestwick. The latter had a , thrilling experience, being cast ashore at the foot of towering cliffs, which they managed to scale. They reached the shore without clothes, boots or food. They met a tribe of wild, fierc enatives, who, however, treated them well and supplied them with food. Thev then Mortal to walk to Port. K c ats fifty miles distant, taking three days Their only food was shell-fish a"d 'a* ’bag of flour found on the beach. They” were terribly tortured in thennude condition by myriads of mosquitos and other insects. ' Foiling help Sands walked back to Point Pearce. Bestwick was too exhausted to make the journey. Sands induced the skipper | ~f j, .Malay launch to return to rescue j Bestwick. DAVIS CUP TEAM. SYDNEY, April 12. J. Anderson, G. Patterson. P. O’Hara Wood and J. B. Hawkes have been selected for the Davis Cup. N, Brooks, N. Peach, and C. Todd are not available. Anderson and Patterson are both going to Wimbledon, picking up the Ostorley at Melbourne. An exhibition of singles and doubles matches Ims been arranged for Saturday. OBITUARY. I SYDNEY, April 12.

Obituary.—Revd. W. U. rington of the Church <>t Lngl.vuc . j freight charges. I tßeoived This Dav «.t 11.30 a.m ) SYDNEY, April 12. i Overseas shipowners decided to re- ' dime freights by a farthing per ■ pound on frozen beef exported by 31st December. Tjhc Commonwealth Tune , is also agreeable Lo the latter, reducing freight on tallow to United King- : dom, from 150 sto 130 s per ton. TARIFF AGREEMENT. ;Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 12. Details of the Tariff Agreement between New Zealand and Australia will not be disclosed till placed before the , respective Parliaments. A separate j agreement was made in the intoiosts ' of the merchant community of ciicli country, also embodied in the main agreemnt entitles the goods transhipI ped from the Commonwealth to Bn- j i tish preferential tariff provided they i arc/ entitled to the same if imported . direct to New Zealand and vice versa. ' Steps are to be taken to bring the provision into operation on Ist May. MELBOURNE, April 12. The Federal Government decided on a basis for valuing live stock for ta.xa. tion purposes, as follows: —Standaid ' value ,applicable to all calves born, purchased and still in the possession oi the owner at the of the accounting period will ho fixed at one third of the existing values. FEDERAL ELECTIONS. , SYDNEY, April 12. In view of the reisult of the Neu . g ou th Wales elections, a movement is ’ a f oO t to hold the Federal elections at a nearly 'date. Nationalist members are urging Mr Hughes to make an an--1 peal to the country, believing this is (in opportune time,