AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1925, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A KKM AUK ABLE STORY. SVDNKV, .July 23. The world is a very small place. Very small, when one considers the cxi raordinary eiivumxt ances, suggesting fiction rather than hard tact, in widen a brother and sister, in New South Wales and Wales, respectively, have been brought into touch with etieh other, alter 30 years. And the story is even more remarkable. when one ('(insiders also that the long lost brother hears the not uncommon patronymic <>l Jones. in every town, in every hamlet, in every suburb, there are almost countless Joneses. The world is full of them. Thirty years ago Charles Jones left Wales for Kulnev. As time went on, he lost all trace of a sister in Ins native land. Kinallv lie gave up all hone ol ever getting into touch with her again. Bill Kate stepped in. Koine days ago workmen were slating a roof at the Mortlakc gasworks, ill the metropolis ol Sydney, when the altenlinin ol one of them was arrested by an inscription scraped on one oi tile slates. The inscription conveyed a very human message, even il it was not in Knglish undeliled. Il read: "Nantle Station. It anyone was to see tills slate, and somewhere near New South Wales, Australia, will he or she cmpiirc if Charles Jones, which eatne from Kngland some years ago, is still there. 11 is sister, living in Wales now, would like to get any news from hint. His home is at South ( erttey, Cluslcrshcrc,” Another workman looked at the inscription on the shite. "Why," he exclaimed, "that's Charlie Jones. 1 worked with him for years.” W ilii this Jones the latter, alter a long search, got into touch. It was, strangely enough, the missing Charles Jones. The son of his sister had loaded the slates for New South Wales, and mi one of them she had scribbled her message, in the hope of tracing her brother. One of the Sydney papers, ill giving the story, reproduced a picture of the slate and its message. Jones now intends to surprise his sister, bv posting to her a copy of the paper in which the story was related. She will thus see. in print, the message that bridged tlii' gull of many years.

SAVING THE HORSE. SYDNEY, July '-’A

While I lie horse is being brushed aside by the motor vehicle, there tire still those who dills' faithfully to Iho old aiiimtil that asks only for kindly treatment in return for its honest ser-

Ueeognising, however, that a serious stage hits been reached in the history of the horse, a strong body styled the Horse Association of New South Wales, has keen formed to bring together horse breeders, business and trades people, and till others interested, directly or indirectly, in the use of the horse and to encourage the production of better horses. The new body has behind it such men ns the president of the Koval Agricultural Society (Sir Samuel Hordern), .Mr James McMahon ex-president of the Employers’ Federation (who, in his big carrying business, still clings to the horse, and has even written to the Press in defence of it, in preferenc to the motor lorry for solid, faithful heavy service), and Mr A. I). Playfair, formerly ringmaster for very many years at the Royal Sydnev Show.

AUSTRALIAN SH EARING DISPUTE. MEid’-Ol'ltXF, Aug. lu. Mr Justice Powers has summoned : compulsory coiiferi'uee of the panicto the dispute regarding the shearers rates and conditions between the Australian Workers' Union and the' Pas toralist A-sot lotion. The represent afives of New South Wales, Victoria Mestralia, and Tasmania attended, hut as an agreement could not ho reached .the dispute was referred into tin. ('ourt.