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Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1923, Page 1

There's a nest tor ro-t in winter AVhere ti:o glow of welcome gleams. Aml n v. or!(! of u-;inm!i mid gtaitnos.s In “My Little 11.;-,- of Dreams.” There’s a dear one waits to meet me AH ley fond hopes to assure; And when colds prevail to greet me With Woods’ Oreo, t Peppermint Cure. AX ZAC DAY WALLS APPEAL. UTRIATCHTBCU, August 2d. Justice Printer, dm ing the hearing of an appeal concerning the payment of wages on Anzne Day. said that industrial confusion was too high, a price to pay for sentiment. This, however, was only his opinion. As the law of the land decreed otherwise. hourly iv. rtiers lost a day's wages on Anzne Day. hut the weekly workers suffered no deduction. The position would not ho improved until Anzr.r Day was observed on the nearest Sunday. FEDERAL POLITICS. MELBOURNE. August 20. The Labour amendment to the Pensions Bill for £1 a week was defeated by .‘57 to 31. Air W. AT. Hughes voted with the Labour Party. In the Senate Senator Duncan complained of the excessive cable rates to England, saying they should he reduced front 3.s to 2s Ckl per word. The Government's land line charges were a monstrous Imposition, being mi per word, or five times that of the New Zealand rate. The rate could be reduced. to tenpenee a word. Senator Pearce decided to bring the matter under the notice of the Post-master-General.