AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LA BOX'K CON FERENC E. (Received this day at 11.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 14. Tho Labour Conference declared black the Overseas Shipping Bureau which picks up loyalist wharf labour since the 1917 strike. Tho Conference adjourned till Easter. PAN-PACIFIC CONOR ESS. SYDNEY, June 14. Tho Governor presided over a preliminary mooting of the pan-Pacific Congress. A committee was formed to supervise) accomodation and hospitality for the visiting delegates. The Governor said he was anxious to see the Pacific Islands Civil Service develop to Do a model for the world, sutli as was tho Government of India in its early stages. FERRY BOAT RAISED. SYDNEY, June 14. The vehicular ferry Benelon, sunk recently, and partially raised, is expected to be beached to-day. TOO MUCH. INTERFERENCE. MELBOURNE. .June 14. Mr Brine refused to intervene in the coal dispute in the Northern coal fields in New South Wales, explaining there had been too much Government interference in the past.

PRISONERS REBEL. SYDNEY. Juno I I. Prisoners in Bathurst gaol, dissatisfied with the tobacco issue, became refractory, and only returned to their cells when the warders threatened them with rifles and revolvers. LABOUR AFFAIRS. SYDNEY, June 14. It is unofficially stated that the defeated section of the Labour Party arc preparing for the calling of a special conference in order to defeat the Communists. METEOROLOGIST DEAD. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 14. Obituary—Mr Murray Leith-Alien, formerly assistant to Mr Clement Wrnggc. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT OPENS. MELBOURNE. June 14. The Federal Parliament has opened. The Governor-General's Speech stated tho financial position was sntislaetory. After outlining the measures forecasted bv Mr Bruce yesterday, the Speech said tho whole question ol deionco would he considered at the lurthcoiiniig Economic Conference, ft is also proposed to establish a Commonwealth Debt Sinking Fund and uniform bankruptcy laws. It concluded with the statement that it confidently expected the public at an early date would be given better postal and telegraphic facilities.

STILL MISSING. FREEMANTLE June 14. A message was received from the Tregenna. stating there was no trace of the tho Trevessa's boats. J hoy will continue the search in the direction ot Mauritius. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. SYDNEY, June 13. Muriel Goldsmith and Kttie Beuii, prisoners in the Long Bay Penitentiary. made a bold attempt to escape. One covering her prison dress with a dress belonging to the matron, and the other taking a. chance iir her prison garb, they jumped from the top of a 19-foot wall in broad daylight. Bonn broke her leg in falling, and Goldsmith spoiled her chances of getting mvav by remaining to help her injured comrade. On making a dash later for the surrounding bush, she was seen ami recaptured.