AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1924, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

itTSTHALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. GO FIRE OUTBREAKS. SYDNEY, Jan. 10. A continuant** of tlie heat wave gave the firemen another experience. There were sixty outbreaks in Sydney and suburbs yesterday. PICTURE FILMS BURNT. BRISBANE, Jan. 10. Owing to an outbreak of fire £50.000 sterling worth of picture films were destroyed in the Fox Filin Corporation premises. I lit l films were not insured. Business in Brisbane and country branches will he dislocated for many months. BRISBANE, Jan. 11. Tiio cause of the film lire is a mystery. Three hundred films, aggregating over six hundred thousand feet were stored in a brick vault. All wore destroyed. They burned with tremendous rapidity, the flames bring visible for miles. AY IR E LESS ENT EIITAI N M ENT. MELBOURNE, Jan. 11. Two broadcasting companies hope to make a start with a wireless musical entertainment this month on lines similar to the Sydney service. RINDERPEST OUTBREAK. MELBOURNE, Jan. 11. The Health Authorities scout. the .suggestion that rinderpest may he traced to Colombo. Doctor Park, acting Director oi General Health, sat > no cattle or sheep are imported from Colombo. In any case the strict piecautions taken by the quarantine authorities prevent the possibility of the disease entering with hides or skins from any country. BETTING TAX. MELBOURNE. Jan. 11. A meeting of bookmakers rejected a proposal that a betting tax of sixpence be passed on to punters Instead it was decided to take steps to have the tax abolished. ATHLETIC DISPUTE. HOBART. Jan. 11. The Victorian Athletic Association declined to despatch a team for the Australasian championship meeting, as a protest against Cooinhes being appointed referee. The local Association notified Victoria that the State holding the carnival is entitled to appoint the officials, and it intends to adhere to the appointment of Mr Coombes at any cost. A THIRST RECORD . SYDNEY. Jan. 11. The continued range of the thermometer close to the century mark in the past, few days lias resulted in the city making a thirst record. The motrnpoHl;m area, with its population of one million and fifty thousand, consumed

eighty million gallons of water, or A* gallons per head on Wednesday, whereas the Board’s maximum allowance is ■J7 gallons. COLD IN .MELBOURNE. SYDNEY, Jan. 11. \Viii!u Svilm»y i* in tf*wjK'iaturos lvarlntlg inwards tin.' toilmm. Melbourne is shivering under wintiy eoiidiiions. overcoats being no-(cs-aiv be- all outdoor ventures.

tjea KOIJA.K 1v11,.\l is I>riiisli-in;idt\ j’jml )vtu*r. No extravagant claims air ]»ut i irih on 1 »cls«*!T r.* Kodak Film. I*nl tin losults arc tin rr. KepoaioJl tests iia\f provrcl that h"*iak I* iims are unKHiniii'd. Von uilJ k-ooti i*iehm*« more cotiMstriitiy with Koda.k l i!m- - ii: t l*o ye Mow I»on.