AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN ANJ> *• f.UJI.!: ASSOCI./I in.V TO KXPBOIT WHITE IK BAND. I.ONDON. ( )■•!oher 2ft. The White l-hiicl 'New Zealand). Siilplmr Fertiliser ('(imp-iny has been registered lie;,’ with a capital of £2110.000. PERI’ETTAL BIGHT. Paris, ivtober ;:o. Alter November 11. a. naked llamo will hum perpetually cvegv night above the grave of France's utikttow n soldier at the Are do Triittnplie. The torch will he lighted at .nightfall, the duty being undertaken by Oft associations of forme,' soldiers. A. similar proposal is made for the Cenotaph in Whitehall. POLICE GRIEVANCES. I Received this day at 12 neon). M EList'll ItNE. Nov. !. The ir gilt - lib l I!,' puliei’ refused i.) lulii’ over their beats al ten o'clock ■ 11 ■- less the existing system ol control i,\ senior constables in plain clothes was discontinued. The' impasse was leinpmarily overcome by the ! nmmi.ssitnicr promisiug to abolish the system pending consultation uilh :he .'diuistry. at which the police will he reprc-ciUod The boats were ic.-iimed a; one o’cloi k.

ANOTHER DI Ai .l/TES ( i'R.E. ( .tI'EI'OWN. Oct. 31. In view of the widespread interest in the discovery of insulin lor the I realmeat oi diabolc-. it i- noteworthy licit ior several year- the disease has h, ■:! Ireated in Natal v. till a simple and inexpensive herbal remedy with remarkable results. The herb used is "Vinca, a while lluwered plant tairly (iinimoii

in Natal. A Durban dee*.or slate- that he luis used this remedy several times with complete success. The .statement is euuiirmetl by one uf bis patients who was cured after ten month-. EI NI) FOB SECONDARY SCHOOL. SYDNEY, Nov. I. The Congregational Fiiion decided to take steps to organise a fund of ClitKlH 10 stall a secondary .school. It is hoped, ultimately, to raise L'll’.lH”). MARTIN BLACK R ESF.M PTIOX. ■SYDNEY. Nov. I. Cabinet lias fully approved of Martin I*lace re-limption scheme. .MINERS' LOSSES. SYDNEY. Nov. 1. Il is estimated that from January i:i to August I fil’d the milters at the Newcastle and Ata.it bind fields in-i in wages owing to strikes. The stoppages numbered II ! and ilie tonnage 10-i to He port ins I .P-sA, 0 Id. AI'STRALIAN .MO TOR I N DI'STR Y. .MELBOI'RNE. Nov. I. A deputation of motor Imdv liiiilih rs a-ked the Tarilf Board :o grant 1 lie r> - (|iie.-t of the motor deputation which sought a reduction in duties on bodies. It iv,is p inted oiii that a large nuniV-r ol completed ears were being landed in Au-ualia notwithstanding the existing duties. The Board promises to protect | the interests of local industry when investigating the matter. PRESS r.NIO.VS (OM PLAINT. i PERTH. Nov. L ! The Australian I’roviiieial I’n— I Fro,ol has decided to a-k the Poslmns-ter-(t'oieral to admit the New Zealand sfheni" under which pre-s telegrams were lodged any time during the day and the aggregate number oT words charged for at the end of the day. It j was eomplaiiM'd that the time of lodg-t metlt ot press me-sage- was often j shown to he three hour- alter the time they were handed over the counter, flic time being entered after the message was counted and stamped. If was argued that tire-- messages should be givi ii precedence over private messages. The conference al-o decided to inoiiiiv into the system of news gathering and dist rihiii ion in New Zealand.