AUSTRALIAN" NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1924, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN" NEWS.

[tlY TKl.KCltAl'U —l'KIl PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) FRA ELKINS LOOKING FOR HUSBANDS. i AUSTRALIANS RESERVED FOR BRITISHERS. Rw. riven Ibis day at 9.15 a.m.i SYDNEY, March 11. The possibility of an invasion of New South Wales l.v hushatid-hniiting I't'attloitts is foreshadowed in a letter received by Sir George I'tiller Innii a Frankfurt writer, who mentions that sin l read advertisements in German papers .stating that Australia was short sup-plied with marriageable wo men. and the Government intended to eliminate the snort ago hv bringing out a i|Uartor of a million single women suitable for marriage, giving them live h lanl and lodging.- and a i ash allowance to enable them to Lei-ome accustomed to agricultural conditions pending a prospective husband presenting himself. After describing her qualifications she asks the Pr.-mtr-r to soppily fuller infortunium. including, whether her return fare would he paid supposing she tails, to secure a hu—hand. The ludv was informed that any assistance that was la-tug given women immigrants was reserved tor Britishers. l’dl-ITICA P. MFLBOFRNE. Mnh ! ). The Farmers T nion Conference pa.sse I a resolution empowering the l’arli;:mei.)t:irv Party, should necessity raise, to enter into a working agreo-na-iit with any political patty. with a right to nominate its own candidates for all distri ts. ( BURCH f oLLECTfOXS. MELBOURNE. Man li 11. ( anon Lambic incumbent of the paii.sh has abolished the collection plate a> Saint Stephens Church of England. ciaTning the system is unbusinesslike. Parishioners now make donations in nnml.ured envelopes, placed at the P< rcli entrance.