AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCitTIO.-s obituary:. (Received this dny at 10.23 a.m.) .SYDXF.Ii. Sept. 20. Obituary Thomas 1 Itu-ry lluuglitun, ecu.suiting engineer, aged sixty-seven. DENTAL Co.\;ilM->S. SYDNEY, September lit). The til th «..tigress o, the National Dental Assn. iatioit was o) ein-il by the (inventor at the Town Hall, over three hum'i fil, including represent a lives from New /c aland atteiiclilig. .SCRATCH ED. SYDNEY. Sept. i!0. Egyj tinn Fl-.iwc Molviiealix an i Killoc hra have been serat: bed for all eiig.igeuieiit ; at the A.J.(. meeting. ROWINO INYITATJttN. SYDN’EY. Sc’p-tc’,mtier TO. New■'South Wales It oving Assoc-iatioii risdvv’il t-i invite a \isit c f the New Zealand eight to compete in the State C.iampionship-s in .March next. Some States opposed the invitation because of their inability to furnish financial guarantees. JNgri’>l' VF.iMJK T. SYDNEY, He) TO. At the inquesl in c oiciieetioo witlc the dentil of James Thomas Taylor and Florence Hall al Newcastle, cabled on s'ej‘ t. Ist., the eon.ner ic-turned a verdict that dcatli in on h instance was due t.) | oisoiling. administered by Tay Ic.r. CATTLE KIND FINED. (Received this day at 10.23 a.m.) MEI.BOI RXK. Sept. TO. Sir Sidney Kidman, the Cattle King, was lined £lO sidling for failing to furnish a land tax return. It was dtsc les.d that when lie made the last return liis land holdings were valued at p: i:i o'b) sterling. A SENTENCE. MELBOURNE. S.-| t. Til. (hillocks, cat Vd on August 21t. was sentenced to eighteen months gaol. FI HE (.trE'LLKB. PERTH. Sept. TO. ’the lire cm the steamer N'c i tbumbeiI.iin! at Frc-m-int'e was qfel!i-.l 'bv the use of hoses after much cargo was removed. A STAIiIiINC AIT-BAY. (Received this clay at 9.-to a.m.) BRISBANE. Sen. To. Meagre details are to hand of a slabbing alfrav at llanyas. near lunisfail, ivsuli iag in. the clc-atb ol a mao named Roy Moore. It is alleged Memo became engaged in an allen-a-tjc ii with a .Mallesc, whose name i- al p.reseol unknown, and that the* latter stabbed Moore in the c-hesl. The Maltese has been arrested, and charged with murder. WOOL SALES. MEI.BOURNE. Sept. t:>. The wool sales for the season opened with an offering of 1920 bales. ( ompetitiou was keen and well sustained. Prices ranged to lOJcl