AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1924, Page 3

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z- CABLE ASSOCIATION. BODY IDENTIFIED. SYDNEY. December 15. The body found at liowenfels lias been identified as that of James Dwyer, aged (it). The police have detained three men .suspected of being implicated in the murder. DL YE It FEROCIOUSLY BATTERED. (Received this day at S a.m.) SYDNEY. December 10. The condition of Dwyer’s body revealed unparalleled ferocity on the part of the murderer. There were seventeen sparate knife wounds in the vicinity of the heart, the throat was slit, and the eats and head battered almost to pulp. Apparently the perpetrator was a maniac. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, Dee. 15. The wool sales market for all good lleec-e and pieces was very firm under the keenest competition, but extra super lines failed to reach the extreme point of recent rates. Crossbreds were inclined to ease while greasy merino realised -17] pence. REI/LRIlt I) MINE. VICTIMS. SYDNEY, December 15. The last two bodies of the liellbird disaster victims. Collies and Hartley, have been discovered. AMERICA AFTER BUSINESS. (Received tins day at 10.25 a.in.A SYDNEY, Doe. 10. The N.S.W. Government has been approached by influential American linaneia! interests who offer a substantial loan at a reasonable interest. The details of the oiler are not officially disclosed luil it is understood negotiations are in progress on behalf of N.S.W. for raising a loan of about six millions sterling, which, it is stilted, will lie utilised in meeting commitments falling due in Loii/ton. The American offer, probably, "ill uoL be accepted, particularly if the money can lie obtained in London on favourable terms. .MAORIS ENONERATED. RUSSIANS TO BLAME. (Received tl is dav at 10.‘25 a.m.) SYDNEY. December 10. Replying to the complaints as to the conduct of a party of Maoris aboard the steamer Misbi Mam. P. S. Moko, s.-ivs the alleged (liooiiiiitioo of tlio neooiol class accommodation Ipy the third class passengers was not challenged until the ship arrived at Townsville. Subsequently a party of thirty Russians were informed by n ship’s olliecr tin” as a complaint bad been lodged by the second (lass passengers, in future third class passengers would have to remain in their allocated portion of the hip. The Maori party, although travelling third class, had been extended privileges by tin* owners of the vessel, of using the second class acconiinoilatioii

anil other facilities if required. The complainants were informed of this fact, but still obstinately insisted that these privileges should not be extended to the Maori party. The alleged assault was the oiiUome of an insult to two of (he Maori party's womenfolk. The statement that the ship's olli/crs encouraged 'the action of the Maoris was untrue. The ship’s commander's attitude in refusing to see the complainants was justified after they threatened that they would personally, and through the press, advise Europeans not to patronise Japanese ships. IGNORED AND BETRAYER. SYDNEY, December 111. The Shipping Bureau workers assert that they have I ignored and betrayed. Tln-y staled I hey would 110 l accept the terms so far as they applied to them, nor would they forget the sta. (li I ■ n*\ prelcri-iK e which I hey enjoyed. A mass Hireling, comprising eight hundred men. unanimously decided mu to join the Watersiders Federation or lie affiliated with it in any way. The Secretary of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Waterside AN orkers ITiion, stated the menders of the Bureau were indignant, at the proposed terms of settlement, lie contends the light is not over, but it is just the beginning.