AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

IUHTHALIAN AND N.Z. G'AHLX AHtiOCIATION DROWNINi! TRAGEDY. '.Received this day at B.dll a.in.) SYDNEY. May ti, A -ic, eking tragedy iccaind at Ibo'kom, where Rohert Parker. his "tb' and two children, aged !i and I 1. "ere Sound drowned. The 'femora |,iilic ' state the eifcum-lances attending '■be drowning almost suggest suicide, owing to tlie tact that all tour were !u I l.v dressed. limy were recent arrival* in the district. WEST!!A 1.1 AX KAROCR TRuI’IJLK. I’KRTII. May li. The (li-.pllle t.et eel! the i.elcl. IC'SI'Pli'ant and ciul, tat,'ring employees and employ efs. (."iii", to the latter';* leiUsnl to ajijil'ove to the insertion in the new agreement oi a *|K'i-i;;e,l jirefet' nee to uat.ini.-.i*' t::aa*e, whieli they regard as an atiempi loetilmve jah-eimirol. i* as-timing scri.itis propurti'Uc-. Dev.pile the A.t '.itr;iti in ( pun’s injunction ordering them back to work the employee* refuse to resume. The barmaids and barmen have now teased to work in sympathy. The majority of the hotel.- are closed. Tie brewery empl ivec.s are holding a stop work meeting to-day. It i* expected they v, ill be ! I'omghl into the tLsj. Me. STEAMER STRANDED. RRISRANE. May 3. Inl'oi-inaiion toes he. u ivceived rI the .-te.amtr Ti'fliartim is stranded on a reef south-east, ol Kaewieng. There are no detail* availaPL . RAIN IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY. May tb Heavy rain lias continued since Frill,y. over six ituTe* being recorded in Sydney. All the coastal district* l.iv- : •lily bemuiteil w bile in inland district- there were mostly useful tails. N.Z. Pt.iU) I'uNIES. S) I i.N'E"V. May ti. Twenty-five Jamies of the N.Z. polo team competing in the Australian and New Zealanl {.up meeting commetitin-; mi Sydney on the Ittth. landed in go d coiuli t'ion. AMERICANS ii. i.N'T WAN'!' WUnE. MUXE) I t)lt ( AlfS AND L.t DiU SYDNEY. May Tim '.a-I i . iian ( '.minis -mu i.i tlm t 'idled St a i es. M r Elder, in a biter, -ay - tlm mum ra ! n - ■ of mot or ta r- and V. in-10.-s is a factor causing the .lope. -si ni la Ihe wo; 11, n imlns| ry iil America. The. American pre.-s emiI all, is the 1 U'it e in' wa ol is tin high. and for. ed the American maniil'acl urer to a p dot . !■.■ i c it is impo- iPle for him i Aft.-r a v i--it to Huston, tln* wool j et nire . t lim l' i i .1 1 State-. Mr Elder reai Pe l lie i one!u-i ! ii t hai the ate i ; f ad 11 ,-s i a- due t, lot a I e nidi I ions Tile |u. l easi s in wool [il'i'-cs whieli Lav.- ■ e.-i: r r-t I during the last two \, ~rs reuiv-cnl mu nnl'" tha n one dollar ill a .-III! I,| oloMiCs. but :be , us! of muuufai turiug. tailoring and other in-

cidental expen-es have 11 etnemi'iusly inert'a-• d. Ia i e.a'in g wage- - at" 1 hree hundred per cent. Pit-lie:' I baa pre-war day*. Tl't'i'e are - • ve:,‘cen milli m motor cars in ibe Foil'd Stale'. 1 I " b ieii al. Oil ho I e|- eel! I . aIV I, 111 II la se. I oil I!m lime payment sy tetu. T ie. iv are ai* I a bom lour million radii' - u-. the ■.•.rente*! n umber el wL, nave I cell ! ought on ;im • jny nmiti • Mr Eld. r .'unsider- t!'.e-e pm eim-ers meet tlmir eh! iga t iotl* by saving , hilhimr. The radi . keeps tie mere .a !,,,;„,• and t!m> do mu dre*S up In ;r,, j re,pit'll) Iv . Ain riean bankets -ay the |me|i’e do not went' g l ”'' l elolics for motoring, and Emir tbuhdoe* not "ear out -o rapnlly iuc to ibis lad. The art il'u till Pealing of bouses is extending everywhere among all ebi--'- ... ;|| | J I JIIS-- |||, ill !\ v. ‘ op-o 1111 del - do! liiug i- g une out ol In-Amu. The demand in America for wool. will rum unsatisfactory lor some lime, blit the e-mni ry i- pr.'s|>ei.ms wealthy. Wages an- likely to inerea.se 1 •■cause of the operation of tinnew immigration rest rift um laws. SHEARER'S WAGES. SYDNEY. May li. Tl u , Workers' Enioii has issued an ~|J; • i: 1 1 statement that mill's* stdudiiti,j.,| increase.- are made ill the present ,-,le of remuneration, the shearers ami ei per workers in tlm pa-torn! industry V. ill let us" to sign I'll during ti e c.uniw: '"tis'cii. TI ■• e w:i . w idespr, ad tli'C 'll tent la*! seaso.i as Hie Federal rate was seven . !. jll j,,.| ..tew Ihe Itgcei'sla lid rate llilStole award. Tim Fniun has .-pared d'maad-. tor p.'"-'e',ltail ; m i , t !,«. Arbitral i'm Court. asking mi y:i u- hundred for a I’mck “f '■**' 'l'; w ilii tir,'port innate im reuses in ...... .. TT • present exce'n. in Oiicd'-iam!. C-s. For si:,.,| Pend- tie claim is to'-' --a, and |. ...01,. li". rale al I'l'e-utt ''.-i u", C 3 IPs' PC I and kceji. .... i 1... -te retaiv of the- <!rasters •'*- sc,-iat iu'ti said ! e did not exp, c. any lie was ~uite ■ prepared, tor ,1 . nidi were no" signing on without !~- i i: 1 1 i m for I lie early sheds.

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