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[nv Ti:i,Kuii.\i*n — mat vkkss association.] PRIVATE ENTERPRISE VERSUS government. (Received this day at 10.10 n.m.) SYDNEY. Alay 8. Replying to a deputation. Sir Geo. Fuller, said ii was apparent that under private enterprise better and more ucMiininienl srciiifU than wii.- i In* uii't* with (Inveriimoiit concerns, lie declared the time bad arrived when, in view of the public debt, the huge interest bill, and the heavy taxation, they should consider whether, instead of spending large sums, they should not give private enterprise none consideration than hitherto in .Vonst met ion Ml railways in the state.
THE SHIPPING DISPUTE. SYDNEY, Alay ?. T here is no sign.- yet of a settlement of the seamen's dispute, though it is considered, in some quarters, the trouble will end next week. It is thought also that the Union boycott of the Port Lyttelton will end then. Other quarters take a more serious view. It is claimed that the dispute has a political rather than an industrial significance. PICTURE THEATRE KIBE. MELBOURNE. May !>. An audienie was watching the screening of a film in a picture theatre when flames were noticed shooting from the operating box and the cries of “ I'ire were raisetl. A general stampede followed, in which several persons weio seriously miured as a result of being crushed. The lire was extinguished after a little damage was done. COMPULSORY CONFERENCE CALLED. MELBOURNE, May 9. A compulsory conference between the Tramway Board and the executive of the union is summoned b.v the president of the Arbitration Court for todav to discuss means of settling the dispute. .... -
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1924, Page 1
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