AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1923, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. A SHIP DISASTER, AMY TURNER LOST. SYDNEY, May 1. The Amy Turner sailed from Newcastle on 7th. February, with a cargo of twelve hundred tons of coal, in charge of Captain Neilson, who was married just prior to their departure and was accompanied by It is wife on their honeymoon trip. The crew shipped at Melbourne, were mostly local men. Three survivors are named West. Cornish and Litulolm. Details of the disaster are meagre, though it is not definitely stated that the remainder of the ship’s company have perished, the gravest is feared. It is considered possible all escaped in boats, but privations before they reached land may have caused the deaths of some. THE HICKSON MISSION. SYDNEY, April 30. Interest in the Hickson mission is unabated and a mimlier of reported cures in Annidale is added to. He is now visiting Newcastle where the Cathedral was utilised, the whole building being daily filled with sick and afflicted, seeking relief. N.S.W. COAL TROUBLE. SYDNEY, May 1. The New South Males 31 itiers’ Federation announces that the Coal Owners’ terms are not acceptable. The nun are determined to tight. The coal owners state that they will not back down. The say they will close the mines down indefinitely. The whole Statewill probably be affected.