AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

iUBTRALIAN AND N.Z. GABLE ASSOCIATION

MURDER TRIAL. MELBOURNE, March 25. The trial commenced of Albert Barter, not Barber, cabled 27th November last in a charge of murdering Airs Dawson. The Crown alleged that because Mrs Dawson refused to act as modialor between her daughter who married Barker, blit left him, and to urge her to return, Barter killed her out of revenge, and then tried to make it appear that robbery was the object | by scattering the contents about the hut. ANOTHER STATE ENTERPRISE COLLAPSES. (Received this day at. 10 25 a.m.) SYDNEY, -March 25. After heavy losses sustained in capital. running over a period of three years and amounting to Cl00,0;HI, the T asmanian Government has disposed ot its steamers Poolta and .Melbourne to the Union Coy. It is stated in shipping circles that the price paid for the vessels is about £'25,000 compared with their original cost of over 0100,00(1. The -Melbourne is to be scrapped and converted into a bulk and the Poolta will probably run under the t nion Coy Hag. SERIOUS TROUBLE EXPECTED. SYDNEY, March 25. Alter a friendly conference between the representatives of the .Master Carriers’ Association and the Trolley and Draymen’s Union, concerning the position of the Voluninia, the union representatives agreed to call a meeting of tiie executive immediately to discuss whether a .special meeting .should be bold to reconsider the whole position. However, this meeting, which was. largely attended, decided not to call a special general meeting and the decision is considered to be an endorsement of the union’s original intention to support the seamen and walersiders ill boycotting the Yohmuiia and Eromangra. It is feared a serious extension of the waterfront trouble, is inevitable unless the .Master Carriers’ Association can see its way clear to depart from the line of policy it has favoured up to the present in insisting that the trolley and draymen should remove the cargo. VARIATION OF AWARD GRANTED AIELBOURNK. March 25. Air Justice Powers in the .’.rliitration Court agreed to the variation ol the Seamen’s Award dealing with the picking up places. “ The only alteration asked for,” t

said Air Justice Powers, “is in respect to the clause under which it was proposed, in order that on ordinary days before live o’clock and on Saturdays before noon, respondents could pick ini members of the union at tin* ship’s side or elsewhere, it and altei the union had been applied to at the union's office it failed to supply the necessary number ol' men required to fill tl’.e vacancies caused through a member failing to go aboard in accordance with his engagement or the leaving the vessel shortly before time of departure, or refusing to go aboard for any reason, or any other unfore-

seen circumstances. It is only when the union’s undertaking to work under the award is broken by members, and when members arc m delimit, that the right is to be given shipowners to

obtain members of the union at once i„ place of the defaulting members.

JOURNALIST'S LUCKY ESCAPF .MELBOURNE, .March 25.

The victims of the'level crossing accident have now been identified .is Edward Shaddock and wife (not Sliatlodo of Sandringliam. This couple had tak-n the place of -Merrick, a journalist. and his wife, dm were unable to

make the journey. SOUTHERN EUROPEAN INI-Id N ADELAIDE. Alarch 20.

Dcaliic' with the migration from Southern Europe Air Bruce (Federal Premier) said this question was greatly misunderstood by people in Australia. There was not a single statute in tbc laws of Australia to-day, which prevented the migration of healthy Europeans who had a moral character and who were acceptable to our people It was oldv in regard to Asiatics that wo had a law against entry into Australia An influx of Asiatics would undermine the standard of living and firing about an economic revolution m the whole of our national life. Legislation fur the total prohibition of Europeans was out of the question and the Commonwealth Government had decided to issue one hundred passports -ninth to Southern Europeans coming to this <ountry. In doing tor it mid the assistance of the Brit iso Consular Service.