AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLK ASSOCIATIO: AUSTRALIAN OIL TROUBLE. SYDNEY, Fob. 14 Pemling the result of a conferenc to-day file miners’ decision doelnrin the New lies Oil Wo 1 1; black, wa-, no given effect to. EFFECTS OF COKE STRIKE. SYDNEY. Feb. 11. Although the coke workers are oi strike and number only iUiO, it i estimated that three thousand met are rendered idle a- a result of tin strike. Nearly a thousand Mere pair I off ai lln.skiii'- Iron and Steel Workmid limn- will lie imid off weekly tlllli liie strike i- settled. D. i- feared Dial it ii eon tiuiic- it will loii-c consider able unemployment m the -oiitheri coal mine a- no -mall <i is used it the coke works. THREAT (iK STRIKE. SYDNEY. Eeinua iy 14. A meeting of the l.ithgov,' ( <>:tl .Miner.- decided to vile fomieeii days’ noli!-. of their intention to -trike if the owners do not grant their request for a eoui’oreneo on the qno.-Inm lit eight hours, hank to hank. new motoring record. SYDNEY. February 11. .1 I. By rlun - - Ist hi: -lied a new reeord in motoring from Fiveinattilt- to Sydney in five day ■■■, iv.vn,y.one hours forty-live minute.'-. SYDNEY CITY LOAN. SYDNEY. February 14. The City C-i lllll f ■ i 1 ha- limited a loan of a million in l.oiiihni at live and a hair per cent for fifteen year-. The i--i:o pi ice was £9B IPs. THE MURDER HE OITNLAN. (Received this day at N a.m.) SYDNEY. Eel,. 11. Newton made a statement to tin* police admitting Dial he killed Quinlan with the bull el a title, uliicli was .subsequently found at a rnvk near the .scene of the tragedy.

THE ORANGE TRAGEDY. SYDNEY. I'eb. 11. 11l rvn nt-et i< »n uitli ihe Orange I,'ageilv a lalioiirer. Thomas Henry Newleii. has been remanded on a charge ef niiirdering Quinlan. [|o strongly denied the charge. It was stilted that Newton oil Tuestla iiiireliasvd a gun. anil he stibserpieiitlv warned t.'iiinlan to ilesist from paiing aiteiitiou to a certain woman. LOWERING RECORDS. (Received tins day at 10.10 a.m.) ~ SYDNEY, Feh. 15. While at templing to lower the Sydney to Melbourne motor cycle record. Paul Reinaley. a crack American cyclist, collided wiili a motor ear near Giliidagai. He was badly iniured and sent, to the hospital. Oil. WORKS STRIKE. SYDNEY. Feb. 15. The conference regarding the Ncwiii-., .bale nil works was adjourned to enable l.ntli parties to consider pro--lin- aI s for a settlement. In I lie meantime ill) Ililller-' ileei-ion )le< i.nie-> rlic work- black will not operate. REMAKING SYDNEY STREETS. SYDNEY. Eeli. IN. Tile ( its surveyor ha ; .-ulmutli I a scheme to ill. City Council for icmakiiig all the city -trial- unhid 29 years at a iost. approximately, of twenty millions. STEAMER I! AN()\ I'R SYDXI-A. Pel. |., Altbough il is announced that a full crew was obtained to lephnv Dt ' ■ trikers on (lie Geriean .-tcnincr Hanover. ii ue; found the! ’ l' 'll 't l t had deserted, ‘urfher iKln;tilt • c-fMA | TIIL GOUI.BT'RN u- . '• ' ; rsfiAPAUr GOULIU'IIN. I'eb. IA The suspect daringly visited a house near Ro-edale, ihe police headquarters, and ,-ioie a horse and Milky. lie ilrove along the load within a lew left of (eight policemen. \ seareli party set out oti his track-, but a heavy storm compelled t hem to return. it i- mov thought tit,’ .-ii-pect i- the man who last year. wa- admitted to a mental institution after he had roamed the bill- in the district for months, and committing petty thclis. lie was later discharged. Colour is lent to this theorv by the laet that tour of the places burned down this week were robbed hy him last. year.

PNEPMONI A AMONG CATTLE. MKl.BO! RN E. Feb 11. An outbreak of pc urn pneumonia is reported. among the entile "a a dairy la: HI at Gl«-n Wavcrloy. Arrangements are- being made for innoculation. DAV!AS. CLP TEAM. ADELAIDE. Keb. I-I ~ii Hicks. Secretary of the Tennis As-ocial ion, states that lie has sent the Association the names ol the team -elected for the Davis Cup, as an alternative if Amlcrsc.ii is not available. Tills will bo lon-idei-cd at a meeting of the Association on Monday next. Mr Hicks added that lie is of the opinion it is inadvisable to -end a team of which neither And-r----son nor Patterson was a member. EIRE PLIGHT. M ELBOri! NE. Pcb. 10 Owing In the po-xihility of the introdnciioii of the ilisca-c ol pear blight oi- lin. I,light. a proclamation lias been issued prohibiting tbe importuI inn into tin? Commonwealth oi hom.?iiiinb from N. v Zealand, unless ■ con >pa nil'll by a certificate D'oin a ie--Bmsible. Government olliccr slating that the honey or honeycomb has been in a container, in which it. was exported, for at lea-t fourteen days before shipment.