AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUHTRAMAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. A PLUCKY HANKER. .MELBOURNE, Nov. 28. Robbers entered the Commercial Rank at Hampden, as the teller. Mr William Almeida, was closing, and demanded money. Almeida resisted and was seriously wounded in the chest iiv a revolver shot. Notwithstanding this, he chased the men. He overtook a man, whom he thought was concerned in the hold-up, and marched him back to the bank at tbe point of the revolver, and then collapsed, just before handing him over to the police. It is not known whether anything was stolen. The police have made an arrest.

JUGO-SLAVS AND AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, November 20. In the Assembly the Premier, referring to the recent announcements that the immigration of Jugo-Slavs was l>eing diverted from America to Australia said Cabinet action had been taken to prevent their ingress into N.S.W.

CABLE RATES. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE. November 29. Air Gibson, tbe Postmaster-General referring to the Empire Press Union interview will, tbe Pacific Cable Board (cabled oil tbe 20th). said the position with regard to tbe cable rates is that whilst by agreement one of the cable companies is reiplired to reduce itrates for certain classes til trallic upon its revenue from Australia, the traffic attaining a stipulated sum. that provision dues nut afTect the existing rate for press messages, which is ahead} lower than that provided by such agreement. In regard to- the 1 act he Cable Board the Commonwealth has a one-third interest in that undertaking nnd while it could exercise influence, which a partnership conferred, to secure any reduction in the rates advocated by Australia, it still eon not control tbe position. When in ■London he indicated the Commonwealth was prepared to reduce by twenty per cent the Austin .an terminal charges in respect to all classes of traffic for which the cable companies agreed to make a proportional reduction.