AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1922, Page 3

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i xs W POLITICAL SQUABBLE. ! SYDNEY, June 9. Mr AleGirr returned to the attack on ex-Mmisters at the Labour C onlerenee. lie said Mr McKernan introduced j,I obstacles against bis decision, 11 i: in gazette the basic wage. Refer--1 i ,■ to il letter in possession of .Mr V itch signed bv McOirr, to the elfci t hat Mutch did' not favour the gazett'd Mr MoGirr said the letter was tvp’cd in Mutch’s office, and sent to i.'iin for signature, to satisfy doubting voters in .Mulch’s electorate. Mr Me Clin- added that it seemed likely at one time that a majority of the late ( abi„"t would effect a coalition with the ei,position. McKernan explained t a Ministers in the late Cabinet were all opposed to a reduction m wages, bu l here was a constitutional "'a.v of doing things and Mr McGirr elected to take headstrong course. He proposed to introduce a'special hill preventing « reduction. He was not »» ‘"V’ 1 " "I min-mizettal. A committee of live «> 1 appointed to onrpiire into the merits ot the dispute.

SHIPPING TRADE. i (Received this day at 10.15 a. m.l j SYDNEY, .lime 9. ; i Other shipping lines, besides P.r.twh j ~,,,1 German. to compete lor the Gn-man-Australian trade include stcamois i of (he Norwegian-Australian I me. a>'<> : bus been in the habit of callm ! 1-,1-lv at Hamburg to haul continental i v-,,.;,, other than' German, for Austraj ]j n . r ' The latter Line proposes 1 unmng a four weekly service.

J PROFESSOR DEAD. SYDNEY. June 9. | Obituary.—J. S. Klkingto... I’rnfes- ! sor of History and Political Economy I at Melbourne t'niversity. aged <-■ i JAPANESE CONSUL’S REQUEST. 1 (Received this day at 12.20 P- nl •) , SYDNEY. June 9. ; Suzuki. Consul-General for dapan. re- | ferring to the “Herald’s” article said eve,' J .la,.an were building as .able, ! it, did n-t follow slm intended to raid ! commerce. In view of the alarims roJ ports and wares in the past he exlu.rt- ! ial the public not to believe the s.igg.v- ---! tions so foreign to the .Tapa.nese na- ! ti.aia lcharaeter. Japan intends to ad- ■! here to the spirit cf the Y nsbiiigton ! agreement and there was no reason for j doubting her sincerity. ; yot \n oeeice seeker. ! SYDNEY, June 9. j Rlak.elev. a. member of the House of

Represenalives, has decided not 10 s> j re-election as President of the Aus- , trnlasian Yorkers 1 nioti J HIDES MAItKLT. MELBOURNE, June 9. 1 The hides market was irregular and I competition slack. Kips declined a : farthing to a halfpenny. Other sorts J were unchanged. steamer held up. MELBOURNE, June 9. i The steamer Goolana of the Mcl- : bourne Steamship Company’s Fleet was j held up by job control. The Manning j Committee decided that six firemen : were sufficient, but the Seamen’s Union : wanted three more.

OUT A' ON TIMBER WANTED BRISBANE, June 9. A deputation representing Queensland i Timber Protection League asked the ■ Tariff Board to increase the duty on i ease timber and timber cut to sizes for | making boxes, a witness stated Amerij can companies were dumping timber in ! .Australia at a loss of twenty per cent, i Tf relief were not granted, case mills ■ would be compelled to close. ’Hie deputation later saw Mr Hughes who ■ agreed that a- strong case had been I made out and ho urged that all the facts he supplied to the Board, on whose recommendation alterations ! would he effected without delay.

OIL FIND. I BRISBANE, dune 9. | The oil find at Reamh sei tis putwiing the Minister of Mines as continued I pumping has discovered intermittent I flows of oil, smelling of kerosene. The I Nlinisfer adds that the geological struc- ; tiliv of Reaudesert district is favourable i to llie existence of oil.