AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1923, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

lUHTKALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. •MOTOR AND TRAIN. •SYDNEY December 15. C. Hawkins am: his wife, in a motor ear crashed into a train on Temoin i:.i! w:i\ and were Killed instantly. Tile unin was shunting at the lime and the view- "as obscured from Hawkins by an overhead bridge. RUSSIAN I.OAN I’HOI’OS.A 1.. SYDNEY, l)o<ember 15. Sir Ci. I'Tiller in denouncing (lie Russian loan, suggested ir wa.s a. wotldvi ide Bolshevik >. heii’e : ;■ -.■use conlrjbiuion.x for evolutionary nropag-iiida. NIGHT BAKING. SYDNEY, Deem ulvr .15. The fmlustrial Court granted a requo by the Master Bakers that night--1 "kiny: lie reverted to. Operatives dei lined io attend the Com t to. oppose, as rhev declared llicir opposition to night baking whether the Court order- ! ed ii or not.

THIS BE Y’LARS. MELBOURNE. Dee. 15. Hannah, cabled on ISlh. November, "as sentenced to three years hard labour. POLICE STRIKERS. MELBOURNE, Pc.ember 15. In the Assembly, Mr prci.dci'gnx! moved that the Government Gazette notifying the discharge of 051 policemen ho amended, to express the view that the Government ■ icinsLale tin? strikers. The a-mmdmcnt was dolentcd. The hulk of the stiikers are gradually hoing noomn iidated in other avenues of empleviiit ni some as dm-vis. wharf labourers and iram gum !.- The session closed afte: passim: a private bill to enable women to coeivsi parlirinientary elections. C!11 \P.'sE SOCCER TOPIC SYDNEY. Bou:inker. 15. The nrolits from the Cnincse \ssociDtini. football lour totalled fPIdO sterling New South Wales gates amouutto L'7052. and other States combined £702 sterling. SYDNEY, Donemher 15 Basil Cooke, addressing the institute of journalists mi wireless remarked lie was recently tutoring the Victorian polk e when lie learned that someone in !he underworld had stolen a receiving *I, which so Li- ciliated • D m'. ,1c ol crooks that they now speni i heir leisur-. unravelling the secrets ol wireless in iieu of lollowiiig erimiual careers. Only me policeman was now iet|Uirod to pail'ol a q.miTev which previously demanded all the attention of four. SfITPITNO ( OMMEXT. SYDNEY. Doeeniher 15. Mr l.arkm reply to Lord lnchcnpo’s emiimeuts says the Commonweallh line will survive the existing strain as long as their competitors. The past losses were due to Autralia's ship coiitnietion activities not being bona, lirle carrying business. During 1025 the Commonwealth ships carried double as much cargo from Coiled Kingdom as they did*in 1022. Mr Larkin regrets the P. and O. line is losing money, but says the Bay steamers arc paying ikoir way.