AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1924, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

IUBTEALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, GERMAN SHIP STRIKERS. SYDNEY. Feb. 7. Eight of the German ship i laiiuver’s strikers and 18 of the luturi's have been remanded oil the charge of stealing food on the ships. The charges arose out of raids the sinkers made on the storeroom, owing to the refusal of the two captains to supply haul to the strikers.

Counsel for the prosecution claimed Hie masters wore allowed by the articles on German vessels to take any si ops they thought necessary to suppress 1 1 iso bedience. Counsel for the defence argued that nothing in the articles the men signed gave the masters power to stop any supplies while in port, and that the men signed on at a rate of pay to he decided by a tribunal in Germany, but the officers now refused to toll the men what this would mean to them in British waters. One striker, when brougiil out of the

cells, said lie wouldn’t mind spending some time in an Australian gaol, ns ihc low wages and high prices in Germany made life a bell. Bail was fixed at £IOO each. It was hoi forthcoming. Five others of the Ilauri’s crew were Illicit .Cl or 7 days’ imprisonment for damaging ship’s locks. They said they had been without food for three days, md they broke the locks to obtain it.

ARCHBISHOP WRIGHT'S CONDITION. 'Received tins rlny at 8 a. in.) SYDNEY, February 9. Aichhishop Wright has had a relapse am! bis condition is causing anxiety. THE ATHLETIC SQDABBLE. TIOBA lt.T-, February 9. At a mooting of the Council of the Au.-tralasian Amateur Atblelie Assoc iatioii. presided over l>y Mr R. Coombes on the motion of tile Tasmanian doleyen a resolution was passed deplori■ i■ t the uttitudo of the Victorian Association in withdrawing its oflioials from ihr championships as a protest against the appointment of 11. Comnhcs, which act ion is ronsiderod derogatory to anintem slant and decidedly against its principles: ami that this Council could m. the u -t ion taken by Tasmania in appointing sia-h oflicials as ii thought ju.-t and tight in carrying out the championships. The Victorian 'delegates irelTninCd hum voting. | BAKERS' STRIKE. SYDNEY. February 8. T'Jiere i.s an improved prospect of the setticrneiit of tile bilkers’ trouble as the ■sinkers have requested a conference v. ith ti.'c employers. Ti'lE FEDERAL LOAN. MELBOURNE. February 8. Tile Am traliaii Mutual Provident Society c- co overling eight lin ml rod thuu'•■and -lerling of von gratuity bombs into ; lie imtv Federal Loan. WILLIAMS TRAGEDY. SSD2C.CY, itb. 7. Die police have lacr, searching parks and other likoh elates lor Williams, father of the miirdeiw ! children. The morning of the dip. of the tragedy Williams iohl the man who shifted his furniture that he got a position in a Brisbane church as choirmaster. and was going there. Tv.o years ago. hi- wife, a; the birth of the

younpcst child, developed mental t!'<jri!;ii• ami aiitarcd an asylum. Since then, with occasional aid Irani a girl. William;; (Icvolcdy looked alder the children. lie i'rcpucnt ly to ik them to see th" mother, hilt on Friday after the la-t visit, if is stated, he had a dispute v.dih his wife's relations re the children's future, declaring he wo"dd never permit them to enter a punhr institution, nor lake them attain to see the mother. A friend of Williams, who removed the furniture at Williams's invitation on Tuesday, states the children then were apparently lyin'; dead under the lied coverlet. lie noticed the enteric I thrown over what appeared lumpy articles. He asked Williams where the children v. ore, and the reply was tint he placed them in the care of a pood lady. He promised to bring thou, to sec hi- idaend l-eiere piatip to fmhaiie on Wcdnc-day. The two ,:m ; had a couple of drinks and parted When Williams's sister-in-law went on Wednesday night to chair the room she noticed, the lumpy condition of the bed, and on turning down the coverlet found the murdered children. A hoy playmate of file children said lie saw Williams re-enter the house or. Tuesday, but no one saw him since the furniture deal was completed.