AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DOaTUALIAN" AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION VICK-REGAL LEY EE BOYCOTT. MELPOFRNK, June 3. The Stale Governor's levee to-day was boycotted by tile l.iboiir Party. 1 ! ■ i ■ "sou bus MOL been slated. 111 lil'.S AND SKIN'S. MEI.MOI'RNK. A. At the hides sale general prices wen; unchanged. THE TORONTO TRAGEDY. SYDNEY. 1. On ,M(.nil Rea her. victim of the Toronto tragedy, cabled 21st. May, an inquest has eolilni.'iiced at Newiastle. A 1 1 u_.• irov.d. mostly women, violently struggled to gain admittance to the t inrt. (lakes, the a ■ tis"d, was present in < n-toily. .Medical evideu e show e |, girl VOs ill a ( ert ain i • ndit mil. and tha r i.she died as the result ol cncllssiou. perhaps hastened hy harninrrhnge. The police i.nidnit'.l a statement, idle g-.I to he made by (lake;, at the Rein e Station, after bis arrest, in a hi: It it uas alleged, he said he had knocked aI"ot t with Ab no IFaclicr. She told him she v,as in a certain e,unlit ion. T hey agreed to get married. Alter tie i ereni'jiiy Hu-v "ent Lo Toronto ami '■ •ni to bo.I together about II u'elig.i;. About midnight he got up, while Alona was asleep, am! murdered her with a raxor and hammer. He then detailed how he tried to obliterate the litres of the crime. He added that he took a train to Sydney, sent a. telegram to Aliss Beadier’.-, parents, and then returned heme. lie did this, is he knew he had done wrong, ami In- did not want t i lie lotiud uui.

WH EEL MI’RDER CHARGE. SYDNEY. June A. At llie conclusion of the Toronto inquest Oakes was committed for trial on a char.;.' ol wilful murder. SEAMEN'S DECISION. MEL-BOCRNE. June I. At a meeting of the .Management ( nin mil tee ot the Seamen's Fnion it was decided nut to i pause the shipon tiers’ application for the deregistration i I the Seamens’ Fnion. as it is not advisable to incur further legal exi eUses. It also was decided that if the o" tiers attempted to reduce wages or alter the conditions ef work, the Fnion would light them industrially. OBITFaEY. SYDNEY. June A. Obituary - Do-t or John Brady Nash, a Legislative Councillor and eminent surgeon. N.S.W. ELECTION. I \TFsT MGC !([■>’. SYDNEY. June A. The eleci it'll figllie.s at tin ('(inclusion of last night's count give Labour lur-ty-folir. the Nationalists thirty-two. the Pi I'grcs.sivcs ten. independent one. Protestant Labour one, Douhtlul two. Dissatisfaction at the proport imial representation system ol voting is expressed hi' tin.' majority ol members of both the Coalition and Labour Parties. It is generally thought an endeavour will he mad,' hy the new Parliament to abolish Hie .system ami return to single clc.-L(ir:ttee=. MFI.P.GFENF FIRE. MKLBOCRNK, .in e 11l (he heart of the .Melbourne ware- j house centre the most disast roes lire in the history ol Flinders Janie destroy-

ed a building nr upied hy several linns I m" warehousemen end impel ',ets. A- the Lane very narrow am! the area cnnI eeste.l with lerg' liuildin.es contuin--1 in-., valuable inlhnnir.iibii' sinks th" firemen i.ad a. ddfi-illi. task to gel Hu outbreak under (oittr.J. 'I he dann ge ..stinialed at. h* tween forty-live and fifty thousand. The premises were recently bought hy N. Sneiieer, draper ot Bourse Street. Large crowds quickly gathered and Tampered the efforts of tlm brigade till police reiid'oreenient- arrived. COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING LINE. (Received this dav at f i a.m.) SYDNEY. June A. A .statement Hull no tender-, were received in London tor the sale ol the Oonimnnu ealth Line ol steamers by the Commonwealth Coverumeni is confirmed by the Commonwealth Shipping Board at Sydney. The absence ot lenders del mil surprise shipping circles as the general opinion teas that nobody would buy under those conditions. It is known there are interests prepared to purchase the line under reasonable terms.

PRODI'tt: PRICES. AIELBOI'RNE. June A. Dots milling) 2s 7d. 2s Sd. Iced 2s id. Barley (Enpiidit As, As lid; capo A, Is ;id. Potatoes LV> I As, €7 lAs. Onions €l2. €Bi ID'.