AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

LUV TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AN AWFUL STRUGGLE. BRISBANE, October 13. An investigation of tho scene of the •Maryborough tragedy disclosed signs of a tierce struggle. The girl -Moore, apparently escaped from Bayldon, and was shot while she was running away. Then a second struggle occurred, and the girl again got away, and was again shot. Several spent cartridges were found along a Idood-stained track. The .girl was then taken to a water hole where her wounds were washed and bandaged, after which she was placed in the motor lorry. Bayldon later stopped at a house, and asked the occupier to witness his will. Then he drove away, and subsequently shot himself. WINNING JOCKEYS. SYDNEY. Oct. 13Young easily headed the winning jockey list at Randwick meeting, with six winning mounts. Alasou was the most siicccsslul trainer with tour wins. PRICK OF BREAD. SYDNEY, Oct. 13. The price of the two pound loaf lias been raised a farthing, to old Ironi the 20lii. L’RIC'E OF BREAD. {Received this day at 8 a.in.) SYDNEY, October 11. The rise in the price of bread will probably he enforced on the 20th. COST OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS. SYDNEY, Oct. 13. Mr Bluntell, (Alinister of Education) stated during the past two years there had been spent a million sterling in erecting new schools, giving better accommodation to children. Ibis yeai a further half million would he spent on new schools, and an additional lor-tv-live thousand would lie spent in the erection oi school homes lor the tie.itineiit of mentally deficient children.

POTATO GLUT. Otoceivod this day at 9 a.in.) SYDNEY. Oct. 1-1. The glut in the potato market has caused "a further reduction. Local tubers sold down to £2 Us 8,1 per ton. and the best Tasmanians at £•"> per tun. .HARVESTER'S BIG WAGES. SYDNEY. Oct. 11. The farmers wlil he faced with a big wages hill during the forthcoming harvest under the new log issued by the Australian Workers’ Union. The demands range from 13s to £1 os pel day. with keep, aeeoriling t;> tho quality of the work, with a daily wage of 18s 9.1 without keep. All casual labour will work a forty-eight hour week and have Saturday afternoon off. All overtime is to be paid at the rate of time and a-half, and for Sunday and holidays, double time. 11OT ELS 1)E 1.10 ENS EI). SYDNEY, Oct.. 13. Twenty-six hotels have been delicensed in the Goulhurn electorate. Fortyeight thousand sterling in compensnion will he awarded. financing the worn. clip. THE BANKS CONFER. (Received this day at 9 a.nO SYDNEY. Oct. 13.

The weakness which has developed in connection with the wool sales is the outcome of uncertainty over the question of exchange and negotiations connected therewith between the directors of the Commonwealth Bank and representatives of the Associated banks, who nre proceeding to Alelbourno for tho pooling of their resources to entiblo them to finance Australia's wool