AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[ny TELF.OIIAPn —pf.u press association.] MORKTON RAY DISPUTE. THE UNION’S OFFER. (Received this day at 0 n.m.) SYDNEY. Nov. 27. A meeting of the Marine Stewards Union, decided to offer the original crew to man the Morcton Ray and expressed its determination that if this was not acceptable to the management no other crew would lie offered. CROP LEY ENOUIRY. SYDNEY. Nov. 27. Evidence at the Cropley Commission has concluded. Counsel have commenced their addresses.

KEW ASYLUM ENQUIRY. DOCTOR ELLERY EXONERATED. MELBOURNE. Nov. 27. A report of the Royal Commission cn(|iiiring into the conditions at Kcw Asylum, states that generally. Doctor Elicry is not guilty of cruelty nor malhilt that certain attendants gave wilfully false evidence in an effort to injure him. After exonerating Or Ellery, the report concludes that the primary cause of all the difficulty was overcrowding.

WOOL SALES CONCLUDE. SYDNEY. Nov. 27. The fifth series of wool sales has eoneluded. The market was very firm for all descripions and prices were in the seller's favour. Creasy merino realized to ■Fid. N.Z. JOCKEY INJURED SYDNEY. Nov. 27. While schooling over the hurdies at Randwick. .1. King, the New Zealand jockey was thrown, being sent to the hospital suffering from concussion. J. King, the jockey, has died. THE MAI.O.IA SAII S. MELBOURNE. Nov. 2.. The Maloja sailed without taking nlxiard any cargo at Ocolong.

RECORD WOOL PRICES. MELBOURNE. Nov. 27. At the wool sales six hales of greasy wool realised 01 Id. the highest price ever paid in Australia. Another iecord was 4fijd for lambs’ wool. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. MELBOURNE. Nov. 27. At the inquest on Airs Dawson, her son-in-law Albert Earlier, has been committed for trial. The police evidence showed the place was ransacked, not for valuables, but for information of the whereabouts of Barber’s wife ■who left him.