AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1924, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[llY TKLI'G lIA I'll —I'KU IMtI'.SS ASSOCIATION.]

A TRAGEDY. Received this day at 10.‘Jo a. 111.) ADELAIDE, dune 27. A .shocking tragedy is repurled Horn Bute. The young wife of E. Harvey, a local butcher and their four months old child were discovered in a house both dead from rille wounds. Harvey was discovered in an adjoining paddock with a wound in tile head. 11l condition is not thought to be uerimis. The circumstances ate unknown. ■I I-HOIK AVEKK. PERTH, June 27. The Minister of Works states tTie Government has decided to restore the fortv-fonr hour week in departments under his control. There is to be no loss in wages to cm l Joyces. A COLD FIND. SYDNEY, dime 2S. A report from Lilbgow says a reel four feet wide, in "which gold can easily he discerned without the aid ot a glass, has been discovered at Potter’s Retreat.

migration loan. SYDNEY. June With the return to Australia of Senator AYilseii. who has been negotiating with tlie British Government regarding migration, it is expected Air l.rucc will shortly be in a position In announce the terms of the new agreement. If the agreement is signed nearly forty million sterling will he available for developmental work in the Coiim" nweakli during the next delude. In its present form the agreen: 'lit provides for payment of half the interest by the British Government fur a period el live years, and oiic-tbird ol the intere-t for the following live. The Coiiim •iweallli pays a quarter interest ami Idle States themselves the remainder. The money will probably he raised at live per cent. MANSLAUGHTER CASK. HOBART. June ’Jo. Downs, found guilty of the mailslaughter of his wife, was sentenced to live years’ imprisonment. .AIOTHER GETS <>i-’F. SYDNEY,. June 2(i Charged with throwing her two children into Sydney Harbour, Airs Cohen has been ivh’i'.sc.l. the ( I'otvn deciding not to proceed with the second charge. She was acquitted on tue lirst).