AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. A USTR ALI A N RE P R ESENTA TT OX. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Fob. (j. &;> far £"2700 of the £IOOO required to send the N.S.W. representatives to tfie Olympic games have been subscribed. FEDERAL LOAN. (Received this day at, 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feh. P> The announcement of the proposed new Federal loan had a depressing, effect on the stock exchange. SYDNEY REG HR EM ENTS. SYDNEY, Feb. C. ! The Lord .Mayor circularised Aidermen urging ihe pressing need of in-crea-ed accommodation at the Town Hal!, lie point- out the -trueture is so nui.' -n e that it cannot successfully he remodelled. The only solution of the difheulre i- to ic-ume core land for building extension-. He suggests, that the City Couiiei! empower him to negotiate for the purchase of Saint Andrew - Anglican Cathedral area. The Lord .Mayor add- that nothing can he done lo alienate the area without the approval of the Cathedral authorities though il is understood the latter are not altogether averse to considering the proposal. Any attempt to interfere with historic buildings the loumlat ions of which were laid in lSpli i- sure to meet with strong opposition from a large section of the community. Admittedly the Cathedral built to meet, earlier demands lias heroine too small to meet ihe requirements of big modern Sydney, and the propo-al to creel a . inure ordinate Cathedral in a more entnmnmliiig position has a good deal of influential supporl.

CANCER MENACE. M EI.ROUE NE. Feb. .1

Dr Philpois, Head Dental Surgeon nf the f hildren’s Hospital, in a lecture basing his opinion on a survey of the figures supplied by the Commonwealth Statistician, declared that in OB year*, every adult :it the ~| i'r,,m fill lo In "ill automat ieally contract earner. There were, however, vitamins which helped to check i fie scourge. Tin* cure ol cancer, he -aid. "a- wrapped 111> in it- prevent nui. lie advi-ed the ea ting ol more unit, -iiggo-i iug I hat leli pound- of apple- ! i. oaten weekly. A DENIAL. MELBOURNE, Eek .7. Mr Collins, Secretary to .he Federal Treasury, denies the published statement in connection with ihe new Federal Loan that the Banks in order to support I lie i-siie intended to enrlnil their advances, and to raise t he interest. rate on overdrafts, and to niter higher interests to depositor-, lie declared that the Banks had an mch intention. and there was mi basis for the statement.

NORTHERN MINES IDLE. (Received this dav at 10. 11l a.m.) SYDNEY, Ecb.-i;. Eight northern mines are idle, the men refusing to resume work until the mining inspector's report regarding the safely of the mines is received. UNIONIST BAK FRY. SYDNEY, Urb. (1. The Bakers' Union Inis anmnineed that pi elimiiuiry steps are being taken to form, among trade union-, a enmpanv to lie known as the Day Baking Co-Operative Company. Limbed, "On n capital ol ten thousand in 20- -harefor purchasing a well , -lahb-lieil machine bakery .

AUSTRALIAN FISH INDUSTRY SYDNEY, Eel'. (

A syndicate has purchased one of the state trawlers and i bringing two more from England to nlott the rr-nr*al fisheries. The lie. • aih iug.he,'dollar! ers at S-diw; ’he,,'" dos- „ j|l be made Jh l- 'g— g and curing of li-h ivd! d ."

tak.-n and will, mo i lined lo one Slate.

N S.AY.’S EfNANCI A L DI EE ICTLTfES. SDYNEY. Feh. fi.

Sir Geo. EnHer 'dates that the decision, reached ai the Irea-urer s

C'oni’erenec may have -crious eonrequrnees for New Smith Male-,, v Inch may have to depend upon the local money market and the programme of developmental works will have to he curtailed unless the Stale’- loan requirements are mot locally.

STRIKING GERMANS. (Received this dav at IL2-> a.m.) SYDNEY. Keb. G. The striking crew el the Herman steamer Hanover, who are not being supplied with food aboard, so long as they remain on strike, rushed the ship’s gallery and seized the fond prepared for tile odicers’ dinner. Water police are now patrolling the vicinity of t lie vessel.

A DOUBT. MELBOURNE, Keb. G

A doubt lias now arisen as to the idonti'v 01 the body bclieeei! to hi f ist's, as the tatoo marks, which the Coroner at the staled were the chief means of identification, were not included in the official description ol List. It is stated that a medical examination ol the body failed to 10 veal any trace of a disease from which List was believed to lie suffering.

ATHLETIC UNION. (Received this dav at. 11.2-> a.in.) HOBART. Feb. G.

At a meeting of the full Board ol Control of the Amateur Athletic l nion of Australia, and New Zealand, K. Cnomhes (New South Wales), was qleefed (President. The Board confirmed a number oi records p.m-m! b\ the executive, including putting the sixteen pound shot by P. Mttnro at Christchurch in 1921: >'2o yards hurdles bv 11. 'Wilson. Wanganui, m ipoo. OOQ yards fiat. Oosterlaak. at Wellington in 1022: 220 yards flat. Korksey al Wellington. 192 b. It "»•■> decided that the record of Manhunt throwing the sixteen pound hammer a Wellington in 1923. be not allowed, n.s the prescribed conditions were not complied with. A motion was earned that the representative of Australia on the International Olympic Games <-Oinit tee be asked to take snob steps as h- considers advisable, so that constitution at present governing 0 hnypie Games in Australia be amended to pmvide that State Olympic Associations be separate bodies, and consist old.) ot representatives of those sports that form the syllabus of any Olympic proera,mne. and that the Austrahan Olympic Council be composed ol dehoates from each slleli Olympic State Wsoeiation. and one representative from each body controlling an Australian branch of sport. Visit, »g teams were accorded a cine reception b> the Mayor who specially mentioned the New Zealanders.