AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. OABLB ASSOCIATION. X.S.W. ENGINEERING WORKS. SYDNEY, June 6. The New South Wales Cabinet Ims considered the closing ol the Clyde Engineering Works, blit failed to reach n tlpci.-ion. It is again considering the iinuf. - io-morrow. It is believed an a ivngyneiii will bo reached to preventii.e closing of the works.

EX-AUSTRAIdAN REP’S DEATH SYDNEY, June C.

The death is recorded of Frank Walters, who was a member of the 1890 Australian cricket team that visited England.

THE LOYALTY QUESTION. j (Received this day at 11.30 a.m.) ! SYDNEY, June 7. j Mr Bruntell, justifying the loyally! instructions, stated Victorian schools carried out a similar ceremony without | objection by the teachers. He added ■ that the formula would be maintained. He expected to have the full support of the teachers. Cabinet bad considered the question of extending the formula to non-State schools, hut hail decided that it possessed no power. LABOUR DISCUSSION. I SYDNEY, June 7. The Labour Conference is existed over a speech by Mr Millin', in which le accused former Ministerial ool- ' agues of opposing the Motherhood Endowment, and fuvouiing the gazettal of the basic wage, adding that, it was a tribute to the workers that they threw oiit the wishy-washy weak kneed, half labour mob in power. The conference ultimately decided to set a. date apart to discuss the causes of labour’s defeat.

CLYDE WORKS. SYDNEY. June 7

Sir George Euller' announced that Cabinet bad discussed tullv the threatened closing down of Clyde works. As a r. suit n:' a-conference with the niniijiiicment of the works, and the Railway Commissioner, it was now reported that the outlook for a eontiunance of activL tics v as distinctly favourable.

COTTON CUETUBE. (Received ibis rbiy nt ID. In a.m.\ SYDNEY, .bun' 7. The possibilities of eotton eultnro in Austi;•»!i:« were demonstrated nt the rxlijliition opened by the Governor-! ionowl. The hull: of the exhibits were from Queensland. where the crop of seed eotton for this year’s gaining is estimated at 1.1 million pounds, which is an increase of nearly 3.1 million on the 10-21 crop. The area under cultivation in Queensland totals fourteen thousand acres. I KOOO FIGURES. SYDNEY, dime 7. I Figures issued li.v the Government Statistician show the price of meat for May was eleven tier cent, higher than in Jnlv 1014. Other foods and groceries sixty-l'onr per cent, higher, compared with May 1021. Mont 231 per cent, cheaper and others 1.1 per cent. Hotb items have falt'on 21 per cent, j since the previous month. i I HE XEA l/ANDI A. i MELBOURNE, dune 7. : It is odicially denied that the Zen- ; lnndia. cabled on the nth., will lie >!aid ii)) owing to lack of trade. The only facto?- towards cancelling the trip was , the Union’s persistent antagonistic at- ' titnde towards the boatswain. i BETTING PAYMENTS. MELBOURNE. dune,7. !

Consternation lias been caused amongst bookmakers through the action of a firm of solicitors claiming from a number of bookmakers repayment to the estate of money paid bv a better kv cheques in settlement of lost bets. The action is taken under the English Gaining Act. under which it lias been decided that l-ets paid bv cheque are recoverable. TATTS. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) BRISBANE, June 7. The Home Secretary referring to Babin’s threat to stop the sale of golden caskets, said Tattersalls sold more tickets in New South Wales, than any other State and their profits went into private pockets while caskets went to hospitals. LIVELY DEBATE. SYDNEY. June 7. The Labour Conference opened a lively debate upon the Labour Party’s objective. One section favours the socialistic objective adopted by the Brisbane Inter-State conference in October last. A start was made by moving the first plank of the platform of this objective (socialisation of production distribution

iiiid exchange) be one nf the first items on the anemia paper. A strong objection was raised to this move on tlie part of the extremists by their opponents, who favoured the retention of -'-.e old objective, and nr.uuod that the adoption of the BrVhnne objective would spell disaster to labour movement at the onminp: Federal elections. \ arions amendments were moved by the moderates. The debate at .times was so warm that it not beyond the control of the Chairman. URAZIFJtN AXI) SIIKAKFRS. MKf.ltOl 'ItN’F, .Tune 7. Crazier*, have appealed to the ll''-!> Court, for an order restraining certain people and organisations from iueitine members of the Australian 'Writers’ Union not to take work under the Fed"ra! award for shearers. As the Court is irniiio to Queensland, the onplication to restrain will be beard in Brisbane.