AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1923, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. MEI.BOURNE TRAOKDV. MELBOURNE. Feb 3. The police made the discovery of Coughlan's burial place in a gully, as the result of a statement supplied by Frank Bontiglio. a former husband of Hannah Mitchell, alias Bonfiglio in December last, when lie was in hospital suullring from a gunshot, wound allcgedlv inflicted by Hannah Mitchell, (hiring a quarrel. Ihe police also seen rtaf'evidcnce that the body was taken to the gully by Bonfiglio and the three accused women. They obtained a statement from -Mrs Milward admitting -be assistc d in removing the body. PARIAN EXPLORERS. SYDNEY, Feb. 3. Captain Frank Hurley’s party has returned from a visit to Papua, "here it bas at cumplished a lot of valuable exploration work. With the assistance of a couple of aeroplanes, they secured a fine ethnological collection, intending to present it to the Australian Museum at Sydney. Out they were not allowed by the Administrator to ship the collet lion from Port Moresby, on the ground allegedly that certain Regularities had ocetired m securing the” articles from the natives. FEDERAL POLITICS. SYDNEY. Feb 3. .Mr Charlton. Lender of the Federal Labour Parly says: Alter their m>mistakabh defeat, the only honourable courst. which the Hughes Government could take was to resign, instead ol bargaining behind dosed doors with another party. No wonder tin* I ,C °P 1 were losing confidence in Parliament.

I (WS OF STEEPLECHASER .MELBOURNE. Eeh •>. Whilst si booling at Caulfield. Gazoiiip, winner ol the Australian M s |i)o] _ was badly injured, and bad to be destroyed.

COAL TROUBLE. Rt ceivod this day at R'.-’JO ■' SYDNEY. Fob. (i.

The coal industry is disturbed over the question of despatching supplies to Victoria pending a sell lenient of Wollthaggi dispute. Northern miners carried resolutions of sympathy with Woutfiaggi miners, and decided to refuse to cut coal, if it was intended for Victoria.