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Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1922, Page 4

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ! LAW OK EVIDENCE. 1 SYDNEY, .Juno 9. j The lion -Mr Ravin states that he | holies (luring the coming session to introduce n Bill to amend the law of | evidence as to communications passing I between lmsbMltl and wife, lie h'o- . poses to make such communications . generally adiilissahle if voluntarily giv- ' , ell in evidence, but not to compel the I ’ husband or the wife to give such evidence except in cases ill which they may at present be compelled to dis- | close such communications. art unions. I SYDNEY, dune 9. I i The New South Wales Attorney-don-i 1 oral referring to the growth of the hotTing craze said that if all applications 1 for art unions during the past U ] months had been granted there would have been one for nearly every day ot : the year. He said there was a growI ing disposition to regard woik as e\i. • It led to an extraordinary craze to ge | something for nothing. Ibis spin I doing enormous harm throughout the i Commonwealth. During six months of 19‘21 2,000,000 people paid for at.mis- ■ sio” nto Sydney race meetings.

SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE. SYDNEY .lime 9. I \ T.ondon Company lias cabled the I Minister of Works an offer of a tube across Svdnoy harbour instead of tl.o I proposed North Shore bridge, at an estimated cost of £7.10.000 compared ' with £0 000.000 for a bridge. m ■ I Vail wav Commissioners have reported bat a tube would be totally inailer, unto 1 to meet the traffic, and that the os - 1 mate is much below the probable actual cost. The Minister has theiefore do ! dined the oiler.

\CD Idol's EXPLOITATION. SYDNEY, dune 0. Prior to the war a haircut in S.vdnov cost from threepence up. The regular charge nowadays is cightccnpcncc blit up to yesterday, anyone so desiring, by adding a shampoo, face massage and other attentions could run up a bill at least at one establishment of pounds. Acting upon complaints of the exorbitant charges. particularly from country people, four Melbourne detectives over for exchange duty visited this barber’s shop, and had crop for which tliev were charged variously from Bis to 17s 3d. This they declined to pay. While the dispute was in progress pniiec motor-ears came along, and bore the barber and four of his assistants, with their collection of bottles, electric batteries and other exhibits to the police station, where they were icmandcd on havy bail bn charges of allegedly conspiring to defraud various persons. The police prosecutor said there was evidence that the people had been charged at this particular shop from two to three pounds for an ordinary hair cut and if face massage, a slinnipei,. and other incidentals were added, ci\ to seven . pounds was often charged. Meantime the police have seized the bottles and batteries, whir'll will undergo an expert examination.