AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1924, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CADLH ASSOCIATION CROPLKY ENQUIRY CONCLUDES. SYDNEY, Dec. 10. The Royal Commission which lias been inquiring into tile alleged corruption of the City Council has concluded. It will probably present its report to the government at the end ot the week. I SYDNEY WOOL SALES. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dee. 19. At the wool sales competition was keen and the market firm. Super wools of specially line quality realized extremo rates. Crossbreds of all grades made full late rates. Greasy merino realised 51.1 d pence, which is a record for the Australian market. WATERS!DieRS DEFIANT. MELBOURNE. Dec. 10. The Wilt,‘raiders’ Federation has decided to defy the Court and continue the strike until the Shipping Labour Bureau is abolished. The executive is indifferent to the threat of deregistration as it is actually considering applying for deregistration. S KTT LEA l ENT WA NT ED. PERTH. Dec. 19. A mass meeting of strikers at Fremantle adopted a resolution that the Seamen's Union communicate with Mr M, II mu immediately in order to bring about a settlement of the dispute. The steamer Ik-nalla which lias been delayed a fortnight has sailed, apprentices being compelled to cast off the lines. LABOUR LORD MAYOR,. SYDNEY, December 9. The Sydney City Council, on a purely party vote, by 15 to 12. has elected Alderman Patrick Stokes as Lord Mayor of Sydney. WATER FRONT TROUBLE. SYDNEY. Dec. 9. The sea transport group of unions arc preparing for a tight to a finish in 'n final ell'ort to abolish the Sydney Shipping Bureau. The Watcrsiders’ Federation are prepared for the deregistration of their union as the result of their present tactics in ignoring Justice Powers’ direction to return to work.' They stale that the Arbitration Court is hampering rattier than helping them. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. SYDNEY. December 19. Tlu- death sentence imposed on Modi Doran, has boon commuted to imprisonment for life. (OorSiii, an I lid ia 11 . slabbed J (I'm Jacob, a West African, to death, on the steamer Tie"oi'lns. Owing to Doran’s had temper, there had been Ireqnonl quarrels.) EMPIRE DISCUSSIONS. .MR BRUCE AGREES WITH MR MASSEY. MELBOURNE. Dm ember 10. Referring to Mr Massey’s recent statement "herein he expressed agreement. with the views of the Hon. L. C. M. S.. Amerv (Colonial Secretary) that if Britain expected the Overseas Ministers to make periodical visits to Louden in order to consult the British. Ministers the latter should he equally prepared to make the journey overseas and hold a conference in various parts of the Empire, Mr Bruce (Federal Premier) said that lie cordially welcomed, not only the Hon. Amery's suggestion, hut .Mr Massey's endorsement, lie entirely agreed with the opinion that there was an urgent necessity lor some arrangement being made whereby more frequent conferences could tic lu-ld by the representatives of the self-govern-ing portions of the Empire without it. 1,,-ing compulsory for the Prime Minis'ter.s of Australia and New Zealand to travel to l/indon. If arrangements could he mild,- for holding the C’onferin dill,-real centres of the Empire it would he quite possible to have more freiim-nt consultations than was loiiiid pilot i< able ill the past. Mr Bruce welcomed the suggestion for pe,-indict visits of British Ministers as only hv doing so could British statesmen hope to obtain first baud information on tlie problems which confronted tlie dill',-rent parts of the Empire. NOT INSPIRED. SYDNEY. Dec. 19. In conn, -cliou with the erection »t the Lentil wireless stations, Mr I-isk sues that announcement was not inspired, hut was an olheial Statement issued by the Roald. He explained that it was intended to cn-ct one station in Australia with feeder stations. ___