AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

[by teleqrapii—rr.it press association

KAWATIRI HELD UU. SYDNEY, Oct. 18. 'I lie steamer Kawatiri lias been detained at Newcastle for a week, owing to a dispute between the Company and crew. So far the Company has failed to obtain a full crew at tli* New Zealand rate of wages.

TRANS-PACIFIC air. ROUTE, SYDNEY. October 20,

As the result of recent activities, undertaken iinoflicially by David Stead, one of the Commonwealth's representatives at the Ban-Baeilie Food Congress, plans are being made for a preliminary survey of permanent air lines lor the possible establishment of a series of trans-pa: ilie commercial air routes. The initial flights will most likely he undertaken by the United States Army and Navy air forces, concurrently with the visit of the American Fleet of the Pacific next year.

It is expected that several countries in the I’acilic will eo-operato with the Americans in the scheme. The proposed routes include Kan Francisco to Sydney, via Honolulu Manilla land several limaller islands which intervene. Other .spans are Sydney to Honolulu. \ia Auckland, ICermudecs, Suva, Samoa, the Phoenix Group and Palmyra. BURGLARS’ HAI-L. (Received this dav at 10.‘Jo a.m.) SYDNEY, October 20. Safe blowers, who have been active in the city for same time past, secured a valuable haul from the shop of James Woods, Newton. The safe contained fifty gold watches, two hundred diamond rings and other articles valued at over .L'looo. DOUGLAS MAWSON WOMEN. DARWIN CITIZENS TO SEARCH. MELBOURNE. October 20.

Arrangements have been made for the vessel John A lick to leave Darwin for Mooroloola. She is conveying mounted constables an 1 two black trackers for the purpose of establishing a police station at Eleeto Island, with the hope of collecting further information regarding the women survivors of the Douglas .Mawson. A Darwin expedition lias been fitted out by the citizens to search for the Douglas Mawson and it will consist of several parties of experienced I> 11 slime n . The expedition will proceed overland to Aniheiui Land with horses and will scour the count iv from many different points. A black fell >.v from Aiuheini, who arrived at Huddersfield, emphatically states that when the Huddersfield police were approaching Caledon, the blacks, with the white women, eniliurkcd ill canoes and landed on an Island in the Gulf of Brisbane. A citizen has offered to lend an aeroplane for a search. It is claimed the Huddersfield Ex-!>c'-l ition covered only about one fourteenth of the area of Aniheiui land. OBITUARY. SYDNEY. October 20. Obituary Dr. Leighton Kesteven. a prominent physician and surgeon. ATTACKED BY A SHARK. COMRADE'S PLUCKY RESCUE. MELBOURNE. Oct. 20. One of a number of hoys, who were bathing at Pori Melbourne, was attacked by a ten loot, shark, which tore the llcsli from his leg. A companion, Gordon Smith, without undressing, jumped in with a knife and slashed'the fish which swam away. Smith brought the wounded lad ashore and rendered lirst aid.