AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1922, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. \ SCARE REPORT. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 22 Following a similar Jldhourne scare the Sydney polite arc investigating cases of three women "ho icporU th .,t w idle standing or walking the ‘■troots, tjiey felt n sudden stinging sensation, subsequently suffered troni faintness and discovered a sight wound. The supposition is 1,1 • hypodermic syringe was used .<■ inject a'done, with ulterior motives. 1" 0, l S'.dnev case at least, medical examination is stated to have disclosed traces of ' morphia. Ti c- scare became so (••itching in Me!b..;iiiv and so man.' vases were reported that the police published the statement that the scare w\s Pic result of hysterical imagination and there was no proof u syringe i r dope was used. Ihe scale nil P tered out. Sydney police disapprove ~f the publicity given to "hai be.' consider arc largely iniagnmtiw happer. in p*.

IH'SH IMRES. KYDNE.Y Nov. 22. A tire Iras been raging for some days in Rillaga State Forest. The damage to limber is already estimated at £IO,OOO sterling. Many wild entice infesting the forest, were burned. Rush tires are sweeping a wide area „f pasturage, flops and fencing in various parts ..! the State. Tl/a damis liciivy. SOI-inTOIMJKXHKA L. Received this day at 12.25 pm.) SYDNEY. November 22. C. E. Weigail of the Government t.xw Department, has been appointed Solicitor-General, vacant since the formation of the present Government. The appointment carries'no ministerial salary.

WHEAT FOOL. (SYDNEY November 22. New South New South Wales voluntary wheat pool lias been transformed into a limited liability Coy. with a nominal capital of fifty thousand sterling. The grass and cop fire reported from southern districts is raging along a twenty-five mile frontier. The reflection was seen at Wagga seventy miles away. \ number ot properties were laid bare. Twenty thousand acres have been burnt. Outbreaks are. reported irom other districts. j CYCLONIC STORM. ! SYDNEY. November 22.

A evelonie storm is reported at Werris crook, seiiously damaging tbo telegraph and telephone services. A dust storm at Broken Hill capsized a sulky but the ocou| ants esterped injury, 'l’he racecourse grandstand

was unroofed and other damage caused. SEAMEN STRIKE. SYDNEY November 22. Seamen on the Commonwealth stoa- . nior Booiinh rtfiisod to sijjcn on in consequence of certain claims being re- • fused last .May. The refusal is a dis- ; tiiict breach of faith as assurances were I given in July that the Commonwealth t would not be subjected to irritatii n j strikes. AUDITOR’S DEPORTS. . j SYDNEY November 22. 1 The Auditor General’s report states j £90,297 sterling was lost by • tlio State timber yards for the year ending 30th. .Tune trawlers showed a do-

licit of £64.328, Mnrrumbidgee Irrigation area £352,500. WIRELESS REGULATIONS. MELBOURNE, Nov. 22. i New regulations for the control cf wireless arc to operate from first December. They provide more freedom for amateur operations provided they pass a test showing they possess qualifications to carry out experiments, without causing interference ■■ with other stations M A KURA HELD UR. SYDNEY. Not 22. The Mnkurn’s crew failed to appear to sign on. at the appointed time and the prospect of sailing to-morrow is very doubtful.