AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTE ALT AN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. OBITUARY. MELBOURNE. Sep. 14. . The death is reported of Senator E. D. Milieu, ex-Minister of Defence. MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE. SYDNEY. Sept. 17. .Messages of condolence are pouring in from nil the States of the Commonwealth on the death of the Governor. Official mourning is ordered for six days and the flags are to lie half-masted till Wednesday. DOCTORS NOT WANTED. SYDNEY, Sept. 17. The .Japanese Foreign Office notified the Consul-General that there was no necessity to despatch doctors and nurses from Australia, as all tho medical attention necessary was available. 1 urtherniore, owing to the iliflerence ol language the victims would not he understood by the foreigners'.

WHEAT POOL. MELBOURNE, Sept. 17. Australian Wheat Board held a meeting to deal with several matters concerning the. completion of the wheat pools. ”lt was stated £1.750.000 were in hand, which was placed with Government financial institutions at short call, until the final adjustments were made. MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 18 Doctor Sakiirai, a Japanese delegate to the Science Congress, was one ol the guests, representing the countries bordering the Pacific, at the Millions Chili luncheon to celebrate the aiini-

versarv of the discovery ot the Pacino l.v Balboa in 1518. lie paid a touching tribute to Sir W. Davidson who was his host for several days, relerring to the amity existing between his Excellency’s pets. Dr Sakurai said that it was beautiful to see the mutual friendship of the dog, cat ami canary caressing each other, lie asked was it not time we forgot our differences of colour and race and lived together as brothers. There was not so much dilferenee between races as between a cat and parrot ; yet they lived in harmony. Mr T. M. Wilford, in referring to the Congress, said that it opened up a new era of international thought. It provided scope for discussion without formality. New Zealanders feel, in regard to Americans, that if George the 111 had spoken to them as'George V spoke to Ireland recently they would never have been separated from us. Respecting Japan, she was a faithfu. allv and carried out the unwritten contract with us to the letter.