AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1924, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

JL'STRAI.IAN AND N.Z. CAIII.L ASSOCIATION. PROGRESS OF RAKER'S STRIKE. SYDNEY. Jan. 15. A number of bakeries continued operations with scratch operatives and slice,■ ".led in supplying some customers. Several big firms are quite satisfied. Their employees commence no! earlier than six. hut owing to a "trike meeting decision the operatives were unable tr. agree to work lir isolated linns. ■I. I! Helm, is the Commissioner conciliating and is consulting both parties to the dispute with a view to ellVctiug a settlement. .Meanwhile the T'ninn is picketing the bakeries in ease any operatives are inclined to weaken. There has been nu fredi developments in the bakers’ strike beyond the optimistic statements issued by both sides in tile accustomed main er. The Master Bakers eiaim over (ive thim gem-v measures. .1 elite dodge was adopted by one ol the leading firms, which was to induce the operatives to put st.Hanes in the dough and iho.becoine pastry nooks in lieu of the laikus and o' l l side ambit strike decision. DRAPER! pJ'OL’l D LSI BOV ED SYDNEY, lan. 15. A tire occurred in Marcus Clerk’s tu re and drapery premises. 1 ic-e were desi roved and the damage is estimated at eighty thousand sterling. There arc eonllii hug leporis regarding the extent ol tin damage done by the fire In the filtovu shopand otlar premi-.es adjaeeol » Claik ; which Vi ere partially dest rovi d. bringing the approximate dam >ge lo coasiderably higher than pr-.o musty esi limited. ATI I LET ICS. SYDNEY, .January 15. G. Dempsey, of Dulwich Hill, won the half mile and ten miles championships of New South Wales. HINDER.REST I N DEE CONTROL. MEbROriLNi:. -Tanuaiy 15. Mr Pearce announces that the rino I'i'e.-I is cheeked at Fremantle. Cabinet is considering measures to prevent a rec ti! renee of He disease in l iltin'. . CABINET SPLIT. MELBOL'RNK. January 15. Though no definite announcement has been made, it is understood that a. si liL is likely in the Victorian Cabinet as a eon,sequence of a difference between inembeis of the National and Country patties over the selection of a ministerial candidate for the DaJImiisie live-election.