AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

I AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASriGl.'l AT lON I ! N.S.AV. POLICE FORCE. I SYDNEY. May 18. Owing to the depletion of the police ,force, caused by war service and resignations, the force is now greatly below normal strength. The Hon Oakes states it may he necessary to lower the physical standard for recruits. MURRAY RIVER SCHEME. SYDNEY, May 18. Cabinet lias called the district engineer at Wentworth to Sydney to advise them on the settling of the Murray river lands heweon Afonina and the South Australian border. He states there are over 400,000 acres of irrigable land (lose to the river, on which 20,000

men could he settled. Eventually 28.000 holdings could lie povided for small cultivators on the basis of the Mildurn settlement. This settlement on the New South Wales side would carry 180000 people.

C'IjKAX CITY CAMPAIGN (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 19. As a result of the Clean City” campaign. a miralior of Chinese restaurants have been closed as insanitary. Considerable hatches of shopkeepers and others have Icon fined for various breaches of the sanitary regulations. ART UNTON RARRK” SYDNEY. May 19. The Attorney General has decided that no further sale of art union tickets ■.vill lie allowed in the streets, and their sale will be declared illegal.

ONE SOLUTION. SYDNEY. .May ‘ Mr .McMahon (president of the Employers Federation) offered as a solution of the unemployment of returned soldiers, a suggestion that every employers should take hack into his service the returned men who were with him before the war. AIRS BESAXT EXPLAINS. ! (Received this day at 10.15 a.in.) SYDNEY. .May 19. Airs Besant in a letter to the press states the Theosopliical Society has no connection with the Liberal Catholic Church, hut she accepted an imitation to speak to its Sydney congregation. To her surprise, a small group of offi- i cers of the Sydney Theosopliical Socle" | had taken advantage of the publicity of i her visit to make an attack, which for j sonic years had been carried on again- ; the Liberal Catholic Church. She deals j at length with the charges made against j I cadhcatcr, which she sta’cs she investigated and found unfounded. She adds that all the trouble in Australia, is made by a small knot of people in \ Sydney society. Leadbeater. in a let-, tar to the press quotes authorities for , the right to assume the title of Bishop, j

AIICE DO GOOD. SYDNEY, Alay 19

It is. possible good results will follow the mouse plague. It was stated at a meeting of Alolong pastilles protection hoard, that mice were eating liathlirsi Inins and seeds ol noxious needs. At one place on Bell River, the seeds ot thistles had all disappeared. Husk--could he seen at the entrances to mouse holes.

COST OF PRODUCTION SYDNEY, Ala

Speaking at the pastures hoard convention, Ai r Clin (fey said lor some time the cost of iiioduetiu'i and marketing o: primary industries had been pc

live and an adjustment was uccossiuy So enable producers to compete wil l other countries, lie sympathised wit i the cattle men who were getting about a penny per pound lor their nil. , which was selling in shops at lOd.

Will EI.ESS. .MELBOURNE. Alay 1!

Directors have been appointed b the ('uiniiionwealth and by Amalgamated Wireless Limited to a company which lias been formed under an agreement, providing lor the establishment of direct wireless communication between United Kingdom and Commonwealth. Government have allotted 50.(100 shares, giving thorn a majority tkereal. FRUIT GROWERS .SECEDE. A DURA IDE. Alay 19. At the annual conference of Australian Fruitgrowers’ Association, iiitimr lion was received that the Now Zealand Association had withdrawn :»Hi lint im, therewith.

FEDERAL POLITICS. ADELAIDE, Alay 19

National members of the Federal I’arliani 'iit tire sole over the decision ot the Liberal Union to oppose nationalist candidates at next South Australian Federal elections. The Secretary o' Nationalist party has issued a circular oimplaining that the Liberals deem.... that supporters of the Hughes Cnverrment having served their purpose, must without exception, go. Apparently none were free from blemish, he * morals, booze, disloyalty or any other old thing, hut they have no intention of accepting the dismissals w.t! c... like humility. WORK FOR SOLDIERS. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, Alay 18. The Premier acceded to n request by a deputation of siilnu ban Mayors and Presidents of Shire Councils that Government subsidise by a loan, on a pound for pound basis, a sum of t1.i1.000 which local authorities intimated they were prepared to spend in providing work for returned soldiers. UNKAI PLOYED DEMAND. SYDNEY, Alay 19. A demonstration of unemployed is b. - ing held on Friday, demanding the Government shall pay the living wage or a, subsistence wage until they find work.

A RAILWAY PROMISED. 1 SYDNEY. .May IP. . Sir (i. Fuller informed a deputation ' from South West Riverina that (iovern meiit intended connecting 'Riverina by rail with Melbourne, so that settlers could get their produce to the nearest. ! market. Negotiations would he opened , without delay. Me saw no reason why | the line should not lie constructed in ' accordance with the Victorian gauge. RUTTER CONFERENCE. SYDNEY, May 19. \ Mr Rail who has just returned from the Butter Conference in Melbourne announced an agreement was reached on the question of a classing authority, respecting inspection of grading butter for export by the Federal and State authorities. NEW 0 FINE A OFFERINGS. M ICRO UR NE. May 19. The Federal Government is inviting tenders to close on 31st August for New Guinea properties and business places previously owned by Gemuui residents,