AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1924, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SYDNEY. Dec. ‘JO. The weather is fine and blight for the cricket. % AT LOGGER. HEADS. fTVDXEY. December 10. Tile two Houses of the Xew South Wales’ State Parliament got at loggerheads over a danse in (lie Railway Bill, which provided that members who had served in three complete I’ailiani'ml, .should receive free gob I rad"a\ passes for life. The Cabinet ministers were not unanimous on the question, hut the members of the Assembly, naturally. favoured the proposal, and sent it along to the Council. The Councillors were opposed to it. and they promptly sold the Bill hack, with the clause deleted.

The Assemble indignantly. restored the clause, and sent it hack to the Council, which decided to insist on deletion. The Assembly, though still indignant, swallowed the snub, and accepted the deletion. Both Tlouses have adjourned for Christmas.

VALUE OK WEMBLEY. SYDNEY, December I!). Addressing the National Slab, R. Orchard, one of llio Australian cnmniissioners at Womliley said the Exhibition did much to correct erroneous ideas about Australia held by many people in Britain. Also thousands of people were turning their eyes towards Australia as a result of the exhibition. ]fe estimated thirteen million visited the Australian Pavilion. VALUE OK WOOL. SVDXKV, December 20. The “ .Morning Herald” referring to the present high values of wool says the wool sold in Sydney to the end ol the first half of the current season, totalled three hundred thousand bales, of an estimated value of ,-C 1-1 ,-100.001) sterling. In the second half of the season •115,00(1 bales will be olfered, of an estimated value of Cl 0,000.000 sterling, making a record for X.S.W.clip. Kor Australia as a whole it is estimated the year’s clip is about 2. 100,000 bales which at the selling price of about CIO sterling per bale would yield eighty-four millions sterling. thus far exceeding the value of any previous clip. \VATKTtSTDEI TitOUBLIE. SYDNEY. December 20. Waterside workers at Fremantle have broken the .Melbourne agreement by tefusing to work the steamer Clan Munroe. In this action they are defying the Afelbonurne headquarters of the I'niou, but are acting under instructions of Tom AValsh. Tre.sident of Brisbane. A conference between shipowners representatives and local branch of the Seamens Union discussed the points at issue in regard to the steamer, Canberra. The Union representatives stated unless the demands in regard to deferred pay were met unconditionally, they would not supply a crew. The shipowners said they would not agree to pay the claims. The seamen asked to be allowed till this morning to consider the position and then they would give the owners a definite answer. Some members of the crew of the "Bombala and C'ooma have also given notice of their intention to leave the vessels. Ir the meantime the necessary steps have been takn to pay olf the crews, if the seamens’ answer is not favourable.

DWYER'S DEATH. SYDNEY, December 20. Concerning the death ol .lames Dwyer at Lithgow, the police now believe Dwver took Ins own life while in a state of delirium tremins. The theory is that Dwyer pushed the penknife into his own body seventeen times, but on each occasion it did not penetrate futther than a rib. Later he plunged it into his throat but this is not sufficient to cause immediate death. lie commenced walking around and came across a large stone with a sharp point with this he caused injuries to his head. Dwyer’s staggering movement then was more pronounced. The fact that tlieie was only one set of footprints is considered strong evidence of suicide.