AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

‘USTKaLIAN and n.z. caui.e association. A AHNING COMPANY. A DEI.A IRK. Novemher .’ The shareholders of the \A c.llfti on ■ .Aloiita .Alining and Smelting (umjary have agreed to its vol iinl.-fy liquid;iThe iism-C ate !•'>.< jOt). and the liabilities £171.000. It is Hated the chief cause for this step was that coppei i- now being prod need at a loss ol 218 per ton. The seconder of the motion attributed the po-ition to Fa -our agitators making it impossible to carry on profitably, hill they Imd rhescu tim wrong < oinpalty fm their < Ihu t-. LAP,UCi; FOR A NATIONAL FEND. MEI.ROCRNE. Not end or 2In connection with lift' Royal I ommission's inquiry into a pioposed National [iisitraliec .'l'lieinc. a representative of the Trade and Fair nr founcil assured the Commission that it a satisfactory national scheme could be introduced. the Labour Cnious wore quite prepared to incorporate their onion henoiit funds in a national scheme. death sentence passed. PERTH. Now 2. Tim death sentence has been recorded against three aborigines on a clung'of murdering a gin. the accused admitted their guilt. They gave evidence that the husband of the murdered uo111*11 had murdered toe vile ol one ol the accused ami tic sister of the other two They said the tribal law demanded tlie death of his wife. The husband th'd. leaving her to her fate. Two <*t tlu.* iiivnsod hem her. while the third speared her through the body. This failing to kill her. they twisted her neck till it was dislocated.