AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. ACQUITTED ON BANKRUPTCY CHARGE. (Received this dnv at S n.m.) SYDNEY. Eeb. 21. Louis Morris, who was brought from New Zealand to answer a chorge. under the Bankruptcy Act. of leaving the State with the intent to defraud Ins creditors, was acquitted by the direction of the Judge.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES SYDNEY, Eeb. 22. The week's wool sales dosed with strong ('iini[X'tition at late rates. HIDES SALE. MELBOURNE. Eeb. 21. At- tin* hides sal-.* competition wa ; gonerni and bidding csi optional! v keen. Light hides advanced one-eighth but others were unchanged.

A QUEER COUPLE. S' ONLY. Kebni.'irv 21

Yrthnr Henry Bi in-teni I and. Ruby GiaCe were comm died for trial on a charge ol stealing (inns and jewellery to the value oi £l,Bll from Mark Grace the husband of Tinny Grace.

The police produced a statement, al-l-'gcd!;- made by Ruby- Grace, wherein sh ’ declared tlitit I)-instead induced her ti go away with him. He gave her obi v.diii k made lei inicuusc-ious. After slaying away together a week, she tc'iinicd home. She gave P,i ilisten! in charge. Afterwards she hailed him oat. The next night, allegedly under Biicstead's compelling iiillueuec. vb tonic a quantile of valuable jewellery from: her husband's shop, and rejoined BrinsHml. The couple, under an assum-

el name. | ro.•ceiled to Nea.castle and 10.-vvirh, where they pawned some of tin.jewels and coins. Kroni Ipswich. "Brillstead seni- Grace to Brisbane, to pawn L.cre, saying lie could mil go because he was known hy every -detective thou*

(I race pToadod that when slm Look he! lue liai'.d'-i jewclli-iy, --he w as timho- [J-ir,-stead's hypniitie power.

THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, i-el.i nary 2' A friend of Wade, the husband in the Edge. Idle tragedy, .-ays Wade was a member of the Royal Geographical Socuty. i luce ho was employed in' oj.c*;ng; up .several rubber eslale.s for the British Government. He vi-iicd the Malay Stales for an Australian lit m

air.l, to report on the milling proposition:-. there, and it was a l'c-nit of Wade’s investigations that all the tin companies whose headquarters are lev ill Australia are to-day ope.iatilig in the

.Malay Stales. Wade In* describes as a good engineer and honest, hut he belli \es tue failure of recent (r elations u connection with a large exrate prey'd on Wade's mind.

BERRYMAN'S .MURDER. MELBOURNE. Eeb. 21. .Murray's defence is he was not- at the scene of Iho mu rdcr v licit t lie Banker, Berryman, wax shot. ITALY AND .1 UGO-SI.OV AKI A. BELGRADE. Eeb. 19. The Chamber has ratified Hie agreement between Italy and .1 ago Slovakia. JOY RillK SMASH. SYDNEY. Eebrua:y 21. As a sequel to the ioy-iiding motor si rsh at Heathcofe. on February 17th. two men I'unridge and Manning, both it whom were injured in the incident, were remanded on charges of teabia; a motor ear. and causing uric' o' - bodily liana lot he injured pers-m x AUSTRALIAN OPINION. A11:1 Ito I' I; Xp; l-'cl i-ua ry 21. c;:.. ,U L.-U- : :J.-s regard 'the alii;.'-. M.tcDoiis.d . ' u.'paidiii'r the BniKk ',p: * 1 to*i --s • h,-.v KM DIKE FLEET' Gf.IMSE. (Received this dav at 11. In n.m.) MELBOURNE, Fob. 22. Dr Earle Rage wirelessed the British fleet- at the first moment of radio contact, extending a cordial welcome to Australia. Mr Charlton stated lie is at a complete loss to understand tin* motives underlying the report that he had received a cable from.Mr MacDonald in reference to the fleet, and said Llic rumour was imiiiul'actured from the start to finish, lie had roieived no eommunicat ion whatever Irom Air MacDonald.

CANBERRA PROGRESS. MELBOURNE. I-,-!.. 22. The ceremony of laying tin- foundation stone of the Provisional Parliament House at- Canberra lias been postponed until 2nd. May.

DEFECTIVE SHIPS. MELBOURNE. Eeb. 22

Diving evidence before the Royal Commission inquiring into 110■ operation of the Navigatiu Act. O’ 1 talloran. Societal y of the Boilor-mukers’ Society. said that owing to lax supervision of Lloyd’s surveyors, many vessels left Melbourne in an unsenworthy condition. He add d that in 1921 the Italian steamer Victoria reached Adelaide from Melbourne and bad to discharge her cargo and return to Afel- ! .mme tor r-peirs there. It was found that nine hundred rivets on the starboard side were detective, the holes having been liilled with wooden wedges and putty. He nbo instanced several other vessels. MI’RDER ENQFIRY. MELBOURNE. Fob. 22. Evidence for the defence was called in the Oleuferrie case to .show that at lie- limo that Bank Manager Jierrim:in was shot. Bus!;lcy. for whom a reward of £;>00 was oflorod. was id in bed at his son’s home in Fitzrov. and lie has not since been hoard of.