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Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1924, Page 4

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z- CARLE ASSOCIATION. PUBLICAN'S AND THE CHURCH. CLERGYMAN OFFERS HELD. LONDON, January 0. “Bless all our brothers engaged in the licensed victuallers trade,” was the prayer offered at a service at the Church of St. Alary -Magdalene in the East End for which the vicar, the Rev. A. Barker, canvassed the local hotels, over one hundred publicans and assistants attending. Tile Rev. Barker said : - “The .sermon is a lost tiling. I want to say to you that I realise that one section of the community is isolated by my brother clergy and that is why f asked you Ikv to help you if possible. It an; trade j« watched and catechised, it is ymirs. The grocer can put sand in his sugar and the milkman water in his mill: and nothing is said. But you, who perform a public duty in providing refreshment, are subject to the most violent and relentless criticism.”

WOOL PROSPECTS. A BRIGHT OUTLOOK. LONDON. January ,j. With regard to the wool outlook. Sehwartze, Rmhanan and Company, selling brokers, write: “Consumption continues on an enormous scale even ihough certain countries are necessarily restricted in purchases owing lo the financial stringency. Evidently the limited supply of merinos lies barely sufficed for the demand, and crossbreds, by their vety cheapness, finally forced themselves into greater favour and rose in consequence. fn view of further diminution in tho merino clip, and considering that fine goods are still in vogue, ii would seem that prices for merinos are unlikely In decline materially. hut rather he .further enhanced if the financial position in Europe improves. “In the. values of crossbreds there is a possibility that there may lie a slight reaction in coarser grades as the rise in those qualifies has been so rapid. But we incline to the view that it would he only temporary, and that here again the short ness of supplies will dominate the situation, subject always to political events, and that we shall see higher prices later in the year.” Other brokers express similar views, thvii general opinion being that, though llie politick and economic conditions ol Europe still afford ground for anxietv. 1021 opens with indications rather more, hopeful and more conlid.-ut regarding the trade outlook not only ol the United Kingdom and the l nited Slates, hut in other directions also. THE RED I'I.AGUE. A CUBE DISCOVERED. LONDON, January .1. The Baris correspondent of the “Morning I’ost” says that Dr. I Klim, w iling to the newspaper “Matin . declares that, thanks to the diligent we:k of IVol'essor Fourneau and Ids assistants, of tho, Pasteur Institute, if can definitely hi' asset ted that syphilis is now preventihle and curable by a new medicine: “100 Stovarsol.” so named because it was only at ilie one hundred and ninetieth attempt that a .successful arsenical mixture was obtained. also because it immortalises (|.,. discoverer. Stove being the English I, caning of the word Fourneau. Pc. Relnn ilovtaie.- that if Stuvar.su! 1 a ken witliiu live hours after there reason to fear that contagion oceurit will furnish the security which in innumerable tests, it lias newu tailed 111 give. Pr. Eehm c-unelmletl : “Beyond all doubt, within a few years syphilis will ei.lv a . ;ni..tc:' :m umry in the hi’BOX INF. LONDON .la nmi I y <i. Burns 0111 pointed Joe Bloomfield in a fifteen round routes!. THE THEATRICAL ( '< LNTROY ERKV. SYDNEY. January In reply to statements made By a circulation to the Minister of Customs. Sir (.Verge Tallis says the statement th,it the Italians are engaged at lower reles is untrue. The engagement ] m>vides Hull they he paid not less '..mu .\lis'.i,'i!i in 1 nion rales ami the 1» nttiiTnm Unit tlii-\ are engaged lor ienvi„ of lie apees- is falsified by lie fac-r Dint ilieir fares al.-n are costing i,2.t1T)0 additional. Be; king to the arguments in favour of engaging Australian artists. Sir G-orga Tallis declares flint every one concerned in the venture is convinced that to adhere to the ambitions programme 1. 1 presenting twenty operas during a limited eight week's’ season, it i.s absolutely imperative to have a certain number of professional male ekiiri.ster.s from Ttaly. thoroughly up in the music and business and conversant with the entire repertoire. Villi tiio exception of Ike principals and a number of the male choirs the company is practically Australian. Altogether lid Australians are employed.