AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ALPINE ACCIDENT. MELBOURNE, March 1. Mount Pilot, the scene of the alpine accident, is rugged country difficult of access. Details are still meagre. It transpired that the victim was George Niehturlcin, an architect, aged 21, not Ymicmen, who accompanied him along with a guide. All were on horseback. Nick t urloin been mo separated from his companions on Monday or Tuesday. They discovered his horse had fallen over a precipice, the horse rolling into) the stream below and the rider lodging on a narrow ledge one hundred feet from the top. It was impossible for. hi- companions to reach him and tho nearest aid was 18 miles away, over a rough mountainous country. Relief parties with a drawn stretcher left yesterday for the scene. As the weather is bitterly cold, there is considered small hope he will he found alive, though it i- reported lie was seen in move on the ledge the day after the fall. It is believed the horse and rider fell while si:Hiding on the edge of the waterfall taking a photo.

STILL ALIVE. MELBOURNE, March 1. News was received late to-night that the relief party found Nichiuiloin still alive and lowered food and blankets, but he has not so far been rescued. ARCHBISHOP WRIGHT IMPROVING. SYDNEY. March I. Archbishop Wright is steadily regaining his health and is able to leave his bed. He shortly sails for New Zealand on a recuperating tour. GOOD PROSPECTS. ADELAIDE, March I.

Seasonal prospects are regarded vary optimistically. Reports from various districts point to a bumper harvest and with higher prices lot' wheat and a soaring wool market, producers at" well pleased with Ihe outlook. All classes of labour is in strong demand and there is no unemployment in tho Metropolitan area.

WESTRADIAN ELECTIONS. PERTH. March 1. For the furthcoming parliamentary elections there arc 122 nominations for fifty seats. Twelve seats (eleven Labour and one Ministerialist) arc not contested, leaving lib candidates for thirty-eight, scats. Women arc nominated for West Perth, Banihury, Kalgoorlic. HIDES MARKET. MELBOURNE. Feb. 29. The hides market was firm for heavies. lights and mediums at late rates.