AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUll T KALIAN AND N.Z. OADLX ASSOCIATION. JURY ATTEND PICTURES. BRISBANE, July 9. On Tuesday night, the jury in the Duck murder trial, foreseeing they would he locked up all night, asked to bo allowed to break the monotony by attending a picture .show. By permission of the judge and at the expense of the Crown twelve jurors, escorted by the police occupied seats in the dress circle and witnessed a wild west production in which most of the characters, except tho hero and heroine, were slain or wounded.

In ihe course of Duck's trial the police* produced a confession made to them by Duck giving pathetic details of how his (laughter pleaded with him. not to shoot her. When he pointed the revolver at her she screamed, and refusing to lie quiet lived and shot her dead. Then lie strapped the bully to a saddle and rode thirty-seven miles through the night and hurled his daughter at dawn.

V t CTO IMA X .1 ’A R LIA M ENT. MELBOURNE. Julv 9

land Stradbrok in opening of the Victorian Parliament for the last time boofre his term of office expires, took the opportunity to bid farewell to the Government and people of his State.

The speech contained no surprises. A Commission would be set up to recast the seats in the Legislative Assembly. A scheme of road construction involving an annual expenditure of two million sterling with an additional one million annual grant from the Cinmonwealtli Government for five years would he entered upon. A measure would he submitted for tho establN ment of a compulsory wheat pool with -•i guarantee of seventy-five per rent bv the State Government. It proposes that henceforth Anzac Day will be a public* holiday.

STUD SHEEP SALE. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 10. At the stud sheep sales on account of J. Nixon, X.Z., twelve Border Leicester ewes realised £96 11s, averaging £7 19,s 3d. 'Fifty-live Border Leicester Hock ewes made £*lo9 10s, an average of £7 8s lid. Forty Border Leicester ewe lambs brought £249 7s (Id, being an average of £6 Is Bd. Ten Border Leicester rams £lB9 10s, average £lB 19s. On account of J. 0. Rennie, N.Z.. four Border Leicester ewes made £2O 6s, average £0 11s 3d. Oil account the Mathews Jaoimbs Company. X.Z.. two Border Leicester stud rams £l7 17s. average £8 18 Od. (Received this day at 11.26 a.m.)

SYDNEY, July 10. At the stud sheep sales on account of J. Mixon (Canterbury) forty Border Leicester Hock ram lambs realised £273, one English Leicester ram £8 Bs, two English Leicester ewes £l2 12s. On account of \Y. Rennie (Canterbury') live Border Leicester rams were sold for £3l 10s.

HIDES MARKET. MELBOURNE, July 9

Hides were irregular. Stouts lights and kips were unchanged. Heavy, sheetings, mediums, sloppy conditioned. slightly easier.

DUN 1*11)1 N EXHIBITION. MELBOURNE. July 10. ' A lore, than fifty Australian firms will lie represented by exhibits at the Australian Court at the Dunedin Exhibition. The total exceeds the expedit-

ions of organisers. AUSTRALIAN LOAN. MELBOURNE. Julv 10

It is now learned definitely from official sources the Commonwealth Ministry has decided to raise a loan, half for itself, and half for tin* States, partly in London and partly in New York. Probable tho amount will lie ten to fifteen millions sterling. Tho terms are not, vci, announced.

TASMANIAN POLITICS. HOBART, July 10. The Labour Party have elected the following Ministry: Premier and Treasure, -M r Lyons. Works—Mr Helton. Chief Secretary—Mr Huy. A ttornev-Cenera I— M r (Igil vie. Honorary Ministers - Mr lleckor (Assembly), Mr Lawson (Legislative Council). Speaker—Mr O’Keefe.