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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1922, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN ANI» N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SHIPPING POSITION. (Received this dav at. 9.30 a.'n.) SYDNEY. Dec 13. The Whangapc is loading for New Zealand, and is expected to sail this forenoon. Tin Company expects lour •vessels engaiged in the Tasmanian trade will sail in a few days. BUTCHERS’ PROTEST. SYDNEY. Dec 13. ( arouse butchers criticised the Meat Board for not providing ample shelter at Home bush Abattoirs for cattle. Requests previously made were rejected, although the Board showed profit on transact ions.

\ JUDGE RESIGNS. SYDNEY. Dec 13. Justice Paddington, issued a statement explaining he had resigned the .Judgeship of the High Court, because he discovered Mr Hughes had asw r--1..in0.-i hi s views on an interpretation of Commonwealth law through tin intermediary before the Judgeship war: offered. Mr Hughes denies the statement. and adds' that Paddington resign'd in eensoqnonce of the hostility of the bar and counsel. BEST STORM DAMAGE. SYDNEY. Dei 13. Mam homes tvi'i. destroyed throng the Broken Hill storm. A relief fund has been inaugurated m Sydney to tid„< Hie victims ovt r Christmas. FEDERAL ELECTIONS. SYDNEY. December 13. Mi Charlton who is still too unwell to participate in the campaign, in a message to the electors denies the allegations that labour stands for ie\nhdimiarv action. He pledges the parly to continue on constitutional lines the wood work achieved in 1910-13, improving step by step the condition of the masses.