AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

iUSIUALI/.N AX'D X Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION L’GLY MEN’S ASSOCIATION. ("Received tliis day at 12 uootiV SYDNEY, Nov. 2:1. Impressed by tin* large anioir.it ( i charitable and public work perform*:! hv a similar association ill West Australia, a meeting of Albury resident? professing to claim the necessary qualifications, decided to lorm an l g',' Men's Association. NATIONAL 1N SER A X CE. (Received this dav at 12 noon). SYDNEY. Nov. 2ft Giving evidence before the Comm.--si .ii of Inquiry into tho national insv.iaiiee scheme, the grand secretary ol *•' ' of the large friendly societies sta’.-d there was no friendly society in N.v. South Wales whose sickness eontrilm tions covered its liabilities. In many districts, exco-Mve siekues- was tin * .o the congested areas. In the country districts the returns generally exeee 'e l the expenditure. The general experi ,enee with regard to sick nay to .women was most unsatisfactory. The gru.t problem for a national insurance scheme would he the invalid at home who should not he allowed higher than Jdweekly, as anything above this tended In induce malingering. The Secret*. r y con-idcred doctors lodge fees too high and not instilled. Only by all irioildh societies adopting a pooling system would they get satisfaction with regapl to medical attention. COAL TROUBLE. SYDNEY. Nov. 20. Coal miners have again conferred with the owners respecting the use of a new air turbine machine at I’elnwmain. They agreed to submit their contentious to Mr Oakes on* adpidi(a tion. POTATOES HELD CP. SYDNEY. Nm. 28. A large shipment ol West Australian potatoes has been held no in Sidney owing to the (.limen-land prohibition agaiu-1 prunin'* from West Australia. IT i- expected the consignment will go to New South Wales for conxumpt ion. RED WAT El! OUTBREAK. SYDNEY. Nov. 2d. The Government medical officer at Alum illuinhah announces a n-dwaler outbreak on a local farm. Ike authorities are taking urgent steps to protect herds not nll'eeted. AN Oil. SWINDLE. (Received tin’s day ai 12.15 p.m.) PERTH. Novel,il.er 20. In connection with lie* Lake Eva oil discovery cabled on .November 2nd. the Detective Del'lli linen; reports it found, under the Iniuk of Robert Rothkchl. a German prospector whose syndieate took the option, a tank containing eighty gallons of oil. also six tills ol other , ils from a tan!;. The pipes led to the bore where samples of the oil were obtained. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Rothkchl ami his mate Thompson, a fortnight ago. on charges of conspiracy to defraud, hut I,nth disappeared. When the story of the oil lied was iirst told it was alleged that Rothkchl had received a letter from a scientist in Germany, who uilegert!y made the find before tile war, and was tumble to return to Australia. That he sent the plans to Rothkeld. A <*ompairy was being lormed when tin* disclosures. pieviously cabled, led to the polite investigation.