AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

iTTKTRATTAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION iUSI KALIAN AINU in.*,.

• SYDNEY CAPITALISTS’ HELP. SYDNEY, May 19. A representative meeting of business men pledged themselves to take immediate action to secure regular employment for all fit returned . men. They appointed a working committee and subscribed £IOCK) to provide sus- ; n nee for the needy soldiers while employment is being secured, The Lord Mayor promptly suppressed itli attempt to utilise ttio meeting fot political purpose: GOLD HUSH. SYDNEY, May IS). The strike of gold at Muriel Tank is proving richer than at first anticipated. The prospectors are claiming there are nine separate reefs, each probably a mile long, with ore all the way, yielding from one ounce to 30 ounces to the ton, and in odd stopes as much as 40 ounces Every yard of the new field is now pegged out.

BABY BONUSES. MELBOURNE, May 19. To date tho Federal Government has paid out £6,000,(MX) in baby bonuses. THE MANUHEWA. MELQURN.K, May 19. The Federal Naval Board announce a warship could not ho sent to search for the Manurewi. They say the expense would be too great. They state a tug could he dispatched at comparatively little cost.

’VARSITY STUDENTS. SYDNEY. May 19.

University Commemoration Day was celebrated with the usual procession through the city. Exhibits burlesqued various topical subjects, without the vulgar suggestions which characterised the previous celebrations. Great crowds lined the route of the procession, which was loudlv cheered.

FENTON MURDER. MELBOURNE, May I

Mrs Fenton was a noted locality, and was one of the original members of the beautiful eight ballet that made its dehut in the first production of “So Long, Betty.” She met Fenton two and a half years ago. and fell in love with him. Her mother thought her daughter, who was then 17. too young to marry. Fenton followed her to Sydney. where they were secretly married. Mrs Fenton left on a tour of New Zealand a month later, hut she broke her contract and returned to Sydney. The marriage proved unhappy, ending, in the wife leaving the husband five months ago. aml taking her baby daughter, a month old.

PRESBYTEKIAX CENTENARY SYDNEY, May 19

The Presbyterian Assembly lias decided to celebrate the centenary of Presbyterianism ill New South Wales by erecting a centenary memorial, and tho centenary will he celebrated next