AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N. 7.. PAULK ADfIOUI/* IOS'

AUSTRALIAN MINERS, j SYDNEY, Sept. 7. There have been aggregate meeting. 1 of eon I miners in every State in Australia The miners discussed the question of whether they would give fourteen days’ notice to strike, as a protest against the proposed reduction in 1 hoii- wages. A number of the meetings in Now South Wales have unanimously decided to ask the consent of tiie Miners’ Federation to give strike notice if the grievaineos arc not adjusted. It is cslminted that, through stopwork »metings in New South Wales, the miners have lost £30,090.

SUNDAY SPORT FOR A! EI,BOURNE. MELBOURNE, Sept. 7. The Melbourne City Council Parks’ Committee lias discussed the question of Sunday sport. It was decided to recommend that both cricket and tennis he permitted on Sundays, hut that, football shall he excluded from all the parks under the control of the council. It has also decided that competition matches between tile tennis or cricket clubs shall lie barred.

RADIO CONCERTS. .SYDNEY, Sept. 7. At a general meeting of the Amalgamated Wireless Company. the Chairman (Sir Thomas Hughes) said that, in addition to commercial wireless. the fompanv is also arranging to establish what would he known in Australia as the Radio Concerts Service It would operate in such a manner that the residents and settlers in ail parts of Australia, will he able to receive daily, in their own homes vocal and instrumental music, and other entertainments. This would he done in conjunction with the Government:

The company also hoped to make arrange inputs with the principal newspapers. by which their news services would lie made available to those people situated ill the districts where tiie daily papers were not available. NON PARTY BILL. SYDNEY. Sept. 8. 11l the Assembly, a Bill was introduced, the Northshoro Bridge Bill, a non-party measure, which was read a first time by thirty-three to twentyfive. There was no party division.

IMPERIAL TARIFF. MELBOURNE. Sept. 8. Mr Rodgers deferred tiie imposition of duties on telegraphic telephone cables, hoop-iron, steel plates, sheets, and tubes as local industries are unable to meet tilt- requirements. Tbe duty on chamois leather will operate from the 30th. The Tariff Boa id found seventy-live per cent, of the requirements were manufactured locally.

I RETIRING FROM TURF, i Received this day at I i :> ,'i I SYDNEY. September 8. The “Herald" states in view of the fact that W.O. Stead is deciding i-v retire from the turf for a time at least, his horses in training here Alisiirdiim. Truthful, Radiant Light, and Ridiculous will he offered at auction on Monday next. STRUCK liY LIGHTNING. SYDNEY. Scot. s. A party of footballers practising a( Maitland, sought shelter in a dressing room from a storm. A (lash of lightning struck the shed and killed Peter Coppack (married with three children) and Gordon iladlield.