AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N. 7.. CA-CLP. ASSOCIATION, HARDWARE STORE BURNT. •SYDNEY. Oct. 2.5. A lire broke out about mid-night at •John Dank’,, hardware merchant;; ol Pitt Street, a couple of streets from til" Central Railway Station. The -Htm- , age is estimated at over sixty thousand. ' 111 firemen were injured, one. ,J. • Hi.u,ton. falling through the covered skylight ol the fourth flour to the lamtom lloor. The Haul.'s lev (me o'lb'cp had eaten their way from the top Poor through the building, i h,■ fire fie-!,,,.,-, being eoin;,elh’d to dire t all timir energies in pi' 1 veuti 11 g Oc m-ighhouring budding-, 111 the e.,uge-ted hh.ek iron) catelling lire. TA.SMANf AX I'OBITIGS. HOBART. Oct. 2.5. Mr Lyons. leader ti,,. | Party, has ben ' oni m (--lors'd t, > jc,.-m a .Ministry. It is aulicpaled that he wil! ms are a ibn-e nionihs’ adjournment during which to frani'- a ju liev. Mr Illy tli, leader of the Counlrv Party, has been deposed tor voting wuih the Labour Party against the Hovernnient. COMMONWE • t TH STEAMERS SOLO. SYDNEY, 0:1. 25. It is reported timt six additional Commonweal! h steamer- have been -old through Gond ii! ag-mts, but jairiii. ulars arc not annotmc U. f.YDFSTRIAI, CHRISTIAN l-EB! li'.V----SH [!’. SI DNEY. Oei. 2-5. An Australian Indiist rial ('hristian I' cl low sh ip. eon-fit uted on lines simihir <i the Industrial Fellowship already e-tahlished in England, was inaugurated yesterday, with Mr Willis. President of the Au-traiiau Labour I’artv Executive as the first President of the new movement. The oldest Ac of the IK'VV hodv i’ stated to he the apidieatmu of the pri cent- and practices of .Jesus to poli-

ties, indu-icy and social life, will, the same epics lor me home. workshop, party, eoiigregal dm. nation and eumniiiniiv of nations. The p-iirpo-.- islated to he to unite all ('h ri-i in u - l,eli* viug t hat just it-. and here should he the controlin." imaw.'s |'or ail -o.ial I changes. It is promoed to organise Christian Socialist --. I.a!, air sip q mri i-rs and Church penole in mutual fellowship. Ihe (aiicers ik-ctcl! comprised rcpia-sental ivc- oi t! s• • AsonUy and all religions dciioin i nal iog-.. C PIETY OF MANSI, AUCHTEB.

SIEI.BOURN E. O-t. 2;,. Fredera-k 10-.-pii Smith, aged fifteen, a ward of tin- Slate, has been found guilty ei man -laughter at Bendigo. Smith worked lor several firms and was accused of theft-. \YI; -u Const a l;le |)e. lance rode min ih>- yard towards him Smith levelled a gun and in the .scuffle Delaney was shot. Smith was remanded for -entCoe-.. PERMANENT STATE. ORCHESTRA. BRISBANE. On. 2.5.

The (.hu-eii.sln lid Government ha- bonded to gran: one third if a thousand towards a permanent State (fichestra if the other tw o-lhird.- are raised. Tlio City (oiimil is i-on-ldering eont rhiiii ing one third if the public subscribe the remaining third. SA 11. INC FDR KXhi AND. S', BN;A . (in. 2d. Dallle .Margaret ! )avn and daughters are sailing tn-m, nvtv for England. They were far.'Weih-d by a eoii-Piu! stream of callers.

NEW HEBRIDES. (Received tin’s day at 12.15 p.m.5 SYDNEY. On. 2d. The "Herald" in an. article no .New Hebrides, -civs the aof Freueh Society in New flehrides may he purchased fur two hundr-'d thousand, including ill i lie eommevei-d interests held there by |-ranee. The Unmimm-j wealth twice previn'l-ly > eb'i-t.-d i•i t. •1 - | oi ludf a million und three hundred

thousand. j UNSCIENTIFIC UROIM’t TION. SYDNEY. On. 2d. A. Suxsmih-h < Presiilnit- of the Newcastle Teehnieal Colleg.-I pleading tor seinitilie re-,ean-h work. ,:iy> its need-' in the coal industry are cost ing tie-(s-nnnoowca Ith a million annually, ow-

ing to the unseient die product ion. Only fifty per eeid. of the coal is won from the great northern seams. A i.nrehole at. Greta represent a! a dead loss of a tboosa nd mil lions. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 23. The "Herald” says the third idler regarding New Hebrides was made to Mr Bruce early in the present year. Tilty-one pier rent of the shares m tie) Society were ma.de available to Alltralia'af a cos) of 2150.011) sterling which meant that the market valuation of the whole properly was about three hundred thou-,and. The offer was not entertained. The "Herald” adds ,; 'l e right to negotiate the sale of the Society’s assets either wholly or in the

main part, remains open at the reduced price of 2200,000. The paper undcr-tnlids the assets of the Society include practically all the commercm! interests held hy France in New Hebrides and proceed- m suggest whether or not it would he well worth while lor ttie Commonwealth to buy and put Britain in a powerful position to negotiate with France for a complete pas-age oi t In- group to the Bl'i! i-h flag. Alter referring to the failure of the pre-ont (imdonmiiiini a rrangenient te, give sat i-fin-tioii, the “Herald” says:---"But tin- surrender of French political intei'o-is in the group cannot reasonably In- passed while the dominant eomnn. retal interest remains under tieFrench flag, nor rail Australia enter lain the idea of allowing the Filina Jack to he eliminated from the group. If the assets of the Society were to pa-- to Briti-h ownership, negotiations for the determination nl the condo-

minium in a satisfactory way would bo facilitated. The Empire would then have the host of ea-es to present for rreegiiit toil of its complete control over the group.” TASMANIAN ROI.ITICS. HOBART, (let. 20. Air Ogilvie has been appointed At-torney-General and Miiit-i or oi I'.duoatinii : Air Guv. Chief Secretary and .Minister i f Alines. Mr Leo intends re laimeh a (-ensure motion on Tuesday te ascertain the names ot tin- Nationalists win promised to support Air Lyons.

A AH’RDER CHARGE. MEI.BOCRNE. Oet. 26. John-on. ehargod with the murder oi Harding, was rv-ntandeil to gnd. Nuveml.ea. Rail was refused. ’I he police -tat eiueiii asserts that Johnson who was living apart from hi- wile, engaged | larding to collect evidence with a view to taking divorce proceedings, and tin- shooting followed a quarrel between them. Johnson’s advocate contended Harding was mistaken tor a burgiar.