AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1922, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

iUBTHALIAN AND N.Z. CABLB ASSOCIATION ON THE STUMP. SYDNEY, ALay 22 Though Air Hughes’s a pin is still in a sling, lie has resumed his political activities, and is continuing his stumping tour in the northern district. WKSTRALI AN ELEC TIONS. PERTH,' May 22. The Legislative Council elections resulted in the return of four Nationalists. two Country Party, one Nationalist Labour, one direct Labour. Two of the latter have lost their seats. SYDNEY, May 22. Obituary—H. A. llowden, fourtimes amateur golf champion of Australia; KAIPIRE DAY. SYDNEY, Afay 22. Several addresses on Empire Day were delivered on Sunday, the keynote being the necessity for combating the poisonous propaganda disseminated with the object of undermining the BiiUsn •Empire. Air llruntnell was eulogised fir bis decree compelling the saluting of Hie ling. PROHIBITION. SYDNEY, May 22, Though eleven members of tbe Cabrnet, signed the prohobition pledge before the fictions, it is believed the question will not be touched till Die 011(1 of next year, as money is too dear Tor compensation purposes. The Labour Confcreiito in June will discuss motions in favour of prohibition

LABOUR ATTITUDE. SYDNEY, May 22.

Tim central branch of the Australian workers union has issued a statement that the union always favoured Arbitration, hut when so obviously an unjust award is given as Justice Towers for the shearers, it is doubtful if the members will continue.

A policy meeting of bush workers propaganda group passed a resolution in favour of the Brisbane award of 1921 ami as opposed to reductions suggested by Justice Towers. Steps will shortly be taken to devise means of resisting the later.

AVingrove Osborne, mining engineer for three and a half years in Malay State- says there is an American invasion of the States. If tlu* tin depressioii continues Americans look to. the Intuit* with confidence anti arc buying extra areas, whilst low prices are prevailing.

KIRK MOOD'S SUPPORT KR S. AIKLBOI UNE, Alay 22. Tile Committee appointed to raise L'7511 for Kirkwood, despatched £SOO on Saturday.

HOOKWORM DISEASE. MELBOURNE. Alay 22

After examining 210,000 persons, principally natives in Australia and l’apua, the Federal Department of Health demonstrated that hookworm was non-existent in Victoria. Tasmania. South Australia and West Australia, with the exception of tlu* north-west.

Tlie disease is found to he limited in extent to the coastal regions of Queensland. North Australia and north coast of New South Wales. Seventy-four per cent, of persons examined in New Guinea had the disease, fifty-nine per cent, in Papua. In Queensland the figures varied from .T to 1 I per cent.

ROBBERS CAPTURED. SYDNEY. Mav 22

The police have been recently sue ssl'ully busy tracking down perpetra

tors of eit.v warehouse robberies. On Saturday evening, three detectives were returning in a ear with an at rested prisoner, at whose house they discover-

JO.Otlt) cartridges and two guns

lien they saw men removing cloth mil the rear of Craig’s tailoring i>ro-

lises in Sussex Street into a motor, .caving their ear and the prisoner in Imrge of the driver, the detectives uslied the robbers and secured two, ,11,1 captured a third alter a long chase a which they were twice fired upon by lie fugitives and secured a thousand i,Hinds worth of goods which the rob:ci s had got ready for removal.

MEAGHER WINS I.IBKI ACTION.

SYDNEY, May 21. In the Meagher libel ease at Bathurst, plaintiff won the action. The ease is one in which Mr Michael Meagher sued the directors and editor of the paper “National Advocate.” for €2(IO'J Igor publishing a live-column article accusing him of having unfairly designed to seeiiru a. majority of the shares in the paper, for the purpose of depriving fellow shareholders of their just rights. The article further declared ,\lr Meagher was piqued because tin l late Ml* Storey ( Premier) overlooked him when appointing Air Percival. as Manager ol the Legislative Council. The jury has returned a verdict tmu inst" the defendants for 1101)0 dam-

UNKM YM.OYKD. SYDNEY, May 22. Official reports show the number of inemployed in New South Wales at the •nd,of April was 1-1.000, an increase of ~->OO pared with March.

BADAK CASE. SYDNEY, May 22

Til the Badak case the Jury asked whether they could find one accused guilty on a certain charge apart from (onspiracy and handed iv document _to the judge who after perusal said: “You can say that.” The foreman then announced that the Jury unanimously agreed the three accused were not guilty, hilt believed Orton was individually guilty of misrepresentation.