AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1923, Page 2

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APHTHAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAltl.E ASSOCIATION. SEA CAPTAIN DEAD. SYDNEY, April 27. Obituary.—Captain Joseph John Pennington, for many years engaged on llii* Union Coy’s Greymouth-Tas-manian service. STEAMER SOLD FOR £OO. SYDNEY, April 27 The Iron Prince was sold by auction for £OO. The vessel was insured for .£60.000 and cost £04,000 for repairs in 1920, when she was beached on .Montague Island. GOVERNMENT SELLS OUT. MELBOURNE. April 27. Mr Bruce announced that tin* Commonwealth Government sold the Geelong Woollen Mills to a Melbourne merelia 11 1 0 1 r •' £ 155,000. MARKET REPORT. MELBOURNE, April 27. The hides market is irregular. Kips—Light, and medium declined by a farthing; yearlings by a hall-penny : stouts, heaviest, unchanged. Barley— English 5s 10d to Is 3d, Capo 3s Id to 3s sd; oats 3s lid to Is; potatoes £9 IPs; onions £3 15s. LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED. SYDNEY. April 27. The Commissioners ol the Rural Bank sought a million loan to inaugurate the activities ot tlk* bank in the direction of .assisting the man on the land. The public subscribed four millions, but the Commissioners are accepting only one million.

COLLECTING EI'NDS PROHIBITED SYDNEY, April 27 Arr Oakes has issued a warning that the Government possesses tie power to prevent the collection ol tunds for the Irish Envoys and says that he is taking steps immediately to stop the campaign. .MO'. NT .MORGAN EIRE. BRISBANE. April 27 Twelve buildings, including the School of Arts in Morgan Street, whirh is the main thoroughtaro of it'junt- AfortfiMi. weiv destroyed Uv fire at midnight on Wednesday. The damage is estimated at The fire covered a frontage ol 110 yards and was prevented from spreading by a willing bucket brigade. The town has no fire brigade.