AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. PADDOX-COOnSKLL RACE. SYDNEY. August 30. I’addon has decided in favour of the Richmond River as against the Parramatta in the race with Goodsoll for the Wmhl’s Championship. The date lms not been fixed. AUSTRALIAN FREIGHTS. SYiI.NEY, August 2!). The Steamship Owners’ Association have decided to increase the intcr-Stato .steamer freights by ten per cent from .Monday next. BANK ROBBER CAUGHT. SYDNEY, August 21). .Unit her attempted hank robbery i.s reported at the Union Bank in George Street. A man snatched a bundle of one hundred pound notes from a counter and holted. The teller, named Allan. chased and caught him. and ham. cd him over to the police. The robber dropped the notes during his (light, and the wind scattered them in all directions. Imt they were recovered. STB IKES IN AUSTRALIA. (Received this day at 9.2.3 a.m.) SYDNEY, Apg. 30. •According to the Commonwealth Statistician 271 industrial disputes occurred in the Commonwealth in 1923, involving 7(5,321 people, the estimated loss of working clays being 1.1-1-3,977 and wages C1,27-3,-7()(i. NATIONAL DEBT REDUCED. MELBOURNE, Aug. 30. The first annual report of the National Debt Commission, presented in the Senate, states the national debt has been reduced by L’3,001.3911, the result of the past year’s operations.