AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[ilT TELEGRAPH —I'ER rlt ESS ASSOCIATION.] DANK R( iRIvKIi \. SYDNEY. Sot. Id. To trial is prneee.ting ol ('hillock op eliargi- of stealing I'o.To. the prolii'ii.v of i!i - ComtiK-i'a-iol Rank of Australia. ill .Midhilllllle. Oil July Rltli.. w lnoi lie was shot ill Hie hg. He i--1111 -tiff. - iong from lie - wounds. 11 -- atieml.'d the Court on <liiliTn.i. Th. - ovidmne we- simihir to that i:iM, T at the time of tie - ro!. - h -- rv. The police sugge-ti'd that Chitfoek iallid ed inn - el' ill - wounds upon Piinsc!l. and ili-ii iiiadveitmitlv shot him-.-ell 111 the foot. ('hillock adhered to hi- uiiginal -tnry of a rohhery and his being » minded by the rohher. AUSTRALIA'S I AIM l(! I! A NTS. SYDNEY. Sept. 17. .Mr Nickard. Presiih-ut of the .Million- (loh. -peaking on immigration and refuting the statement tint Australia is reieiving only penniless immigrants. stated that for the period from Ist. January Itlgl l.> UNt. August. 17.-TO 1 immigrants arrived in Australia and dc.-lnred their eanital was L'2l'i. T 7: i. The Denuty-Directoi - of Immigration Stated the declared < anital wa- 11-uall.v the 111 iuin 1 11r. 1. Kxpei H'lii e sliowed th' - migrani- luoiight e n - . alerahly mere. THK I‘A (T PIC (' ARI IT PERTH. Seid. 17. t.ili-oii. who i- a passengci* ly the O-teiTey. -tales llmt at Die beginning nf December a 2il per cent, reduction in the eo-t of cables has been arranged for. s-t ti 11 further reductions e mid bc ccnliilcnlly expeded with the intended dilpliiai ii.:i of the I’aeilie Cable at an early date. Wlmt wa- still mire impoilaul. tliis would mean tin* entire elimiiiali ni of annoyaiue and dehiv now ineiitahle during lbe eon - . -- -led bolus.