AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.

SYDNEY SHEEP SHOW. SYDNEY, June 29, The annual slieep show lias opened. The display is more representative than for some years and the standard of quality has greatly improved. The iiuieber c( entries which include Border Leicester* and C'orricdnles from New Zealand, is greatly in excess of the previous year. FRENCHMAN AND HIS LOVE. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 30. At tin Quarter Sessions a young Frenchman was charged with stealing a suitcase containing a, lady’s clothing. Tie passionately pleaded with the Judge and jury to forget that they were Britishers and try and see with the eyes of Frenchmen. In his country it was nothing for a. young man to be chased b\- gendarmes, because be bad el indu'd perhaps to the window of his lady to say goodnight. A Frenchman's mind was worded quite differently from Euglisli. It is quite true lie took the

articles, but lie did so because lie loved the lady and took tliem to prevent her going out with any oilier man. " Jiulpe Si hides told the jury that desnite the strati Re ness of the defence it was entire!v worthy of eonsiderntioii and the jurv a'fiiiitted the aroused. WALSH ANT) H POUFS. (Received this day at 11.30 ft.tn.) SYDNEY. June 3 Mr Walsh replying: to Mr Hughes, saitl the latter was behavin'.: more like a |,e >visit child than a statesman. It is idle for Mr Hughes to term the seamen dupes for standing by a mate who was singled out for victimisation, lie dtselaimed having any eottiieetion with the Imres Hay dispute. lie did not. know whv Mr Hughes had singled him out lor attack. Apparently he had not got over his snleen against the lotion for forcing him to spend half a million for bringing the Commonwealth line tip to requirements of decency in accommodation. FKOKKAb POLITICS. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) MELBOURNE. June 30. Tit the House of Representatives, Mr I Charlton intercepted a Supply motion, I with a censure motion, that Govdrnj nient he comlemned for its callous ad- | ministration which caused the disloea- | tion of industry, intensified unemployj nient, and created widespread misery and. distress. Mr Charlton Imsed his attack on tile failure of the Government to protect Australian industries against dumping. The debate was ad- 1 journed until Friday. ! The Union Congress adopted the re- 1 port of a siilMDtnmittec appointed with I the object of reconciling the constitii- * tional and revolutionary elements. 1 The report recommended the reaffirm- 1 ing of the policy adopted by tlie June ' congress in 1021, and endorsing the I Brisbane objective of October 1021. v and calling on all Labour bodies to 1 make provision along the lines of the r Hritish and Now Zealand labour par- '' lies for the incorporation of all Labour schools of thought with freedom of pro- 1 pagatida amt organisation Imt loyalty to '' decisions of the representative, conference adopted hv 93 to 54. ( |