AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. GOLD FIND HOAX. •Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 19. It is ascertained that only the first nugget found in the city railway excavation was gold, the others were copper. It is suggested that the first discoverv led to the perpetration of a practical joke at the expense oi the excavators. AUST R Ail A A l’R EPA RIN G. SYDNEY, September 19. In the absence of definite details in respect to the exact nature of Dominions assistance, many are speculating whether a division or a brigade will • c despatched. Preliminary preparatory work hy the authorities is progressing on the basis of one division going. It is thought that possibly the Dominion and New Zealand may form an Anzac Division to reinforce the Allies in Asia Alinor. Afilitarv opinion seems to prefer a division to a brigade, ns the latter would be swallowed up in an English division.

A slight fall in value is recorded in the Stock Exchange. There is a tendency on the part of a small section to realise on holdings. The market on the whole maintained a solid front, indicating a healthy current of confidence. A FALSE INTERVIFAV. MELBOURNE, Sept. 19.

Mr Hughes emphatically denies yesterday’s cabled interview regarding the Nationalists prospects at the election. He declares the whole thing was a malicious fabrication.. The Sydney “Herald’s” representative explains the interview was confused with his weekly political review during transmission to Sydney. ’ The remarks ware merely his own observations not Afr Hughes. Owing to the Turkish development the work of dismantling H.AI.A.S. Australia has been deferred.