AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1923, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

iU.STIt A 1.1 AN AM) S.Z. C.UII.K ASSOf lAI lON 'IT IK POTATO SHOI.’TACK. SADXKV. .\llv. |;i. Tilt' Secretary of the I’limary I’rn-(liicm-it-’ Assueiul ion. in reply Id 11•. outcry in>L souring |;■ to prices, stall’s that Ilia existing serious shortaye, v. liirli is fully liliy per < -■ • 11 1. below normal ivquirolin ills. camiuL |>i met until the new crons come in. Tin CTiiriince I’iver crni) is practically a failure owing In seasonal conditions and ravages of oatei pillars. and the Ta-nianian wiutei < rop i-. about exhausted, while ihe Vietnrinn and West Australian crops are lie.hi. beiuy l.areli saHiiieni, lor local requirements uulv. The present nptiuu is in cut out online lilTy Jier eent. or the pettitoes nr pay liiyll price--. 11l (I !•'! UK AT lIABtU'h. i U-.eaived this day at 8 a.m.J STDXKA'. November 11. Advices received state a live destroy, etl the fun ili-eastei n quartor of Chinatown at Habaiil. The loss is estimated at two hundred thousand .sterling. Three hmnlfed pooplet arc rendered homeless. The seel inn destroyed consists mainly of tailors, storekeepers and saniple rooms ami bulk stores. SVDN'KV SKN'd \TJOXSVDNKV. N’ovembe- |‘t A young woman nniue.i IliTon l.i lop. eyed tweiity-sjx. attempt *d to lon ever ‘‘The (oip“ at the I lead--. She ne-sed the ruck anil struck H.c water a distance of two hundred tVet helo v. She swam and a lishing I><>■'t rescued her. She was sent- to the hospital nd'ciing from contusions. It is , os-ihlo sly lias a fra et it re of the spine, irohanH this is the only case on rcoo d who.? this leap lias not prove t latni.