AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1924, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

II'STIIAUAN AND N. 7.. CAIH.Ii ASSOCIATION

GAOL-BREAKING PLOT. MELBOURNE, Jan. 23

In mitiiectii.ii r.iili the alleged attempj to rescue a prisoner from the gaol. Doll-dives raided a hou-e in the suburbs and arrested. ~i ihe revolver point, ••Si|iiizzy" Taylor-, .Michael Costello, Albert .inns. Charles Tnnliu and Thomas Taylor, mi a charge ol unlawfully (-i nspiring to aid Angus Murray to escape Irom tic Melbourne Gaol. The fne men were Inter remanded for "i hf days. ( uslelhi is tho warder wh i was dismissed f 1-0111 the gaol shortly after the discovery of Ihe plot, and Tcolin is a clerk employed by a well.-knowu linn of solicitors, and had fre(|Uenl access in .Murray, in his professional capacity. ITALIAN CHORUS DISPUTE. SYDNEY, Jan. 21. ft is announced that l!i • dispute over the chorus for the operatic season lias been settled, the directors agreeing to add Australian eliori-lers to tho chorus of Italians on route to Australia. THE NEW PAR 1.1 AM EX I IPM'SE. SYDNEY. Jan. 21. The laying of the foundation stone of the Parliamenl House it Canberra will take place on flic I lilt, of A pci!. .Members of the British FL-ei's Company nil! he incited to itteud. BODAL-LA SOLD TOR I’M.'. SYDNI'A . .tan, 91. The Bodalla,. v. he!) was stranded at Narooiu-i Heads, has Icon i»!:l for Prior to her wreck she v.e- v-duc-d at eleven i liu'isuml. PORT J.A'! TEI.TON AGROUND. LAUNCESTON. Jan. .71 Tho Port Lyttelton '.vent aground mi the middle spit near l ow Head nhil.o lad'll v.itli a (argil Irom Pelt Pit'"' and Geelong for Hobart. An ollnrt was made to re limit the vessel, hut she lias settled down deeply in a sandy bed. The efforts of a tug v ie itlefl’oet nal. A big hole v. as torn under her bow. hut the wafer was kept under control by the pumps. SYDNEY WOOL SAFES. • Rei-ived this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY. Jnininsy 23. At t’te Mool sales, competition was keen and the la - 1-!;, ! I cry ;ii ill at lab’ rates. Greasy m-rin.i ‘old to 40] D-m-e. E>'i: I.lSff FIRM SECURES BRIDGE ('ONTR \('T. SA’DNEY. January 21. The English Firm’s, Sji AYilliam Aria l's Company, tender hits been accepted for the consiniciion ol the Sydney harbour bridge. PRODUCE PRICES. SYDNEY, January 24. Oats (Tasmania, white) os to os Id. maize (South African) potatoes (Tasmanian) £9 to b'!2. Onion-, (Viclorinu) £l4) to £l2. Adelaide oats 3; to 3s 'id.