AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A r/STP.,\I,IAM AND N Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION ANDERSON AND TENNIS. (Received this day at. 11.10 a.m.) SYDNEY. Nov. 12. it i, uii'lerstaod that Anderson's retireineut is due to the expense attaen- ,.,] to international tours, hut it i- not i'x;>eetc(! he will entirely withdraw from local comoetiuoiis. It is stated the champion, owing To losses sustained in Jii.- sports supplies business during ki- nb.-enee in America, approached the Tennis Council for L'oOO sterling as ciiuipcnsatinii. cmitemling the authorities made big profits from his partieipalion in the international tournaments. 'Hie Council flatly refused on tlie grounds the amateur rules governing ilie tennis tournament leil them no option, hut they promised to del ray the "legitimate expenses, guaranteed by the manager. STATI.M ENT CONTRADICTED. SYDNEY, Nov. 12 J. A. Taylor, president ol the Association lor developing wireless between Australia ami New Zealand deprecates the icnmrks of Air AYal.-on cabled on Saturdav us opposed to the tact-, because the number of li-teiieis-in in England has trebled during the past twelve mouths, vide AYorlhingrov Evans figures on Saturday. Taylor object* to the tendency to describe wireless as a novelty like the gramophone or suchlike instruments. It was more like the telephone, rapidly becoming an indispensihli! factor in everyday life POLICE STRIKE. .MELBOURNE. Nov. 12. The Commissioner of Police says the total strikers numbered li2o. Of 2 111 officers none refused duty. A KOCH 11 TRIP. SYDNEY. Nov. 12 The schooner Murom which left. Ncwoa.siic cm Wednesday for Dunedin put into Sydney to-night owing to stre.-s of weather. ATHLETE SUSPENDED. (Received this day at Rl.lo a.m.) SYDNEY. Nov. 12. The Amateur Athletic Association con tinned the enquiry in connection with the mile race championship cabled on the Hith and suspended ( . .1. (Irainleinungo lor three months, on a charge of alleged u-e ol had language. M. ,1. Uraitdetuange wa- cautioned over a charge of alleged interference with Hatton in the mile race.