AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

gyDN EY ’ S 0 R CHEST RA. (Received this day at 11.30 a.in 1 SYDNEY, Dec 14. Tho Minister of Education in rcliretting Verbruggen’s re-ignntion hoped ho would reconsider [ns decision. Government would .mike eveic endeavour to maintain tho or lustra. JUDGE’S CHARGES. SYDNEY. Dec 14. Replying to further of Justice I addingtoii’s charges, Mr Hughes reiteiates that the former resigned h . Jucigship because he was afraid to face the hostility of tho bar, On many occasions since. Piddingon has asked nn to ap(joint him to the High Court. SEAMEN’S STRIKE. SYDNEY, Dec 14. The AYhangapo has been held up through a difficulty of _ filling three vacancies, the Union insisting on Australian rates. Three volunteers will tie appointed to-day and u the mninder of the crew refuse to won, with them it is expected antsts nil he made and all the crew recruited from volunteers. The released Moeraki seamen "'J 1 . stranded in Sydney unless the Union come to their assistance. AN INDIAN BOYCOTT. MELBOURNE. Dec 13Sir Dnrah Tata, an Indian magnate, and owner of the famous Jubilee Diamond, valued at half a million, says Bombay municipality has decided ti lloyeott everything .Australian, and hunks, insurance companies coniiecied v. id, Australia in consequence or the >. ;.!i,. Australia policy. SHIPPING WHEAT. SYDNEY, Dec 14. Australian brokers have been promised a sliarci in chartering wheat tor overseas. Three Japanese steamers arc arriving from the East ib-o to load wheat.