AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

WSTItALIAN !.Mi N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. SOMETHING HE DIDN'T HAVE. (Received this day at 9.2 A a.in.) ADELAIDE. February 13. The proprietor of a hotel at Reiimark received a present of thirteen wild ducks and placed them in the lelrigerat oi preparatory lo looking, whence they Were stolen. lie reported the matter to the police who. thereupon laid an information again-t him for' having been in the possession ol game out of season. The result was that the P . ■ le, was iohbed oi a luxurious ilb.ii,.r and lined iv... pounds for owning I'm bidden game, which he did mat |H -5..-S-, OH WORKS I)KOBA li ED BL.U K (Receive,: the. da\ at I t ' I ,s) DMA . b. I ■ | The Commit l ee. i-epn : '-ora', i v-- "l all j seelions oi i-mplo'.ees hi the » -it and shale milling imbi-irv. Icm dee to declare the NT we. Shale 0,1 Workers black. The works were elo-ed alioui thirteen months ago. but > .nunibei' "I J men have been kept employed lelimng ; imported crude oil. and the real n.eie.--sary for this ha- been obtained from outside sources. In August last the .Miners' Federal ion endeavoured to force 'i resumption ot work at the local s],;Me and coal mines and a resolution was carried declaring tin works black if work was not resumed within a month, bat action v.a- delayed in tinhope that a compulsory conference would be called to bring about a settlement. This has been done and the locomotive drivers have not been instructed not to transport coal to N< nov Valley. i-'n); OLYMPIC 1- I'M). SYDXKY. Ki*b. VX •j; u . (invoninnMit. lia> <l*** i«i<*(i i'> tribute £IP> P> 'he Olympic GameFund. THE AUSTRALIAN MEA I El'A V . 'HIE BOARD’S POWERS DESCRIBED. SYDNEY. Feb. 13. Tl,e Meat Industry Development Bill Draft empowers the Government l)) establish a Board with power to require stock owners to pay a levy which wili |,e ~-ed for the development of overseas markets for Australian meal. T he levy will he made in September of each year, and will not exceed a penny pelhead for eatitle and one sixth ol a pennv per head for sheep. Ownoi.x ol not more than one hundred rattle ami live, hundred sheep are exempted. Provision is made for monetary penalties for delay in payment. TERRORISED BY IXCEN DIARIST. SYDNEY. Fell. 81. The (Tiiulhourn district is being tei,'prized by an iiacudiarisi, who h responsible for a number of destructive lives. The whole country side has been thrown into a state of oxctP-mcnt, and a large posse of police, with a ''Tom tracker, are searching for a man wn . wa- seen making for the bush. COKE FROM BRITAIN. BRISBANE. Feb. 13. Owing to the strike of the , ‘’ Ut ' workers in New South Wales, '>><’ ( ”>- verinneiir smelters at ( lullagoo ate ,luring supplies of coke from the l lilted Kingdom.