AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] MT. .MORGAN LIRE. BRISBANE. Sept. 1-1. Latest adviies from .Mount Morgan state the lire is underground. Two | hundred experienced miners worked I assiduously and raised steam fur pttinpI ing. also working the winding gear to enable men to go down to the seat ol the outbreak, the extent, whereof is not yet, known. It is thought the lire was due to spontaneous combustion. The Company are finding a diilicully- in getting volunteers to light the lire. This is most pronounced in regardt o engine-drivers, tiremeu and elect rieiaiis lock-out. The company desired every man to report and take his share ef t he work. .BRISBANE, Sept. U. Tin- lire in the .Mniiiil Morgan mine, which is located underground, is now under control. Thc'miner.s risked their lues, in extinguishing the lire, many of them having to return to the mouth of the mine with bleeding noses, due to the fumes and gas.

MARKRKX CENTEX A li V. KTD.NET. September II I here was a large gathering at the pilgrimage to Samuel Mai sdeu’s tomb ut St. John's cemetery at Parramatta in eon licet ion wiih the Church -Missionary Society's centenary cclebrat ions.

Bishop Taylor Smith, of South Africa, in the course ol his :01, Iress.

said that no arithmetic had yet boon written that could truly estimate that good man. Marsdcn was a great man because lie was good. His greatest

work was his pioneering missionary work m New Zealand. Marsdcn from being a man of purpose became a mail "I power mulling daunted him; diilieait:es ou!\ drove him nearer God. CLOSER SETTLEMENT IN A IST RAI.IA, SYDNEY, September 11. In a (ompi elieiisive statement regarding rinser settlement, the Producers’ Association's Central (ouneii (Taints the landowners are not holding I up i loser settlement anil no organisation ol the primary' producers opposes il. The slatemeiil says that it is considered the type I 1 closer -el ! lenient most n-e! ill 1 o the i otlllt ly Is that w 1 1 ii-Il eiinit's a bout by na I lira I proTo have a icasouahle chance ot success on llio laud migrants mu-i have capital a.nd Australian experience. The sub-divisi ->ll of estates i.;i~ been in progress for many years. In 1912 t he! e Were sixty-three lloebs of sheep of Mil.tlllll or over, and I'd llocks of between .‘,ll.Hill) and a KiII.HIKI ill M2-T. In the latest oliieial ligures availa 1 le there is not one lloek ol over one hundred thousand and only 2d between .‘)l!-,Cl:!l and IHH.tIHU. During the same period llocks ol leu to filTy thousand decreased 1 1 me M ; 1 to I li'> : ihieks ol H orn I .Min) io 111. mm increased I nun E I.Y, lo i;.H|2. and Tmeks of one hundred to ihou-nnd lor K,.'U7 to t:i.H|s. t p p, .June Hi It h 1921. the Govern men t had acquired Mil e- laics fin' closer settlement, the aggregate area being .'l.M'.nui acres at a rust .11 e 1:1.7 I 9.H1 ,H. These were divided mlu 7.7 11 7 I a mi'. MT. MORGAN KIKE. THE. I NIDN'S INTENTIONS (Received tbi' day at 11.27 a. 111 .1 BRISBANE. September IA. The latest investigations el the Ml. Moi, an tire sia,u ti:c imlhreak originated in an ore pocket on the doHll. Tie- mam -Imi't ha- now i scale I ■ low 11. Il I- 'inied he Mr l.yiich. president ol the Australian Workers I'nion. that, it was decided the miners should give \ |> ll- .i i vici'x voSimt ;i nly ni hulilin^ 1 1 it > fiiv. !»m lir-'y i 1111 * 111 1 1 •«! i«» con.'pauv to pay the amount oi the bash- wage into the union's distress tuiu!. i; iv;is :il-o ii'ininiiH-iiiliii lli.'ii | >«•!■- liiissinii Ihv till' i t 1 1S ij ill lIN s Nlilli. with as many volunteers a- possible, to enter ilm mine i o • oinbtrt the lire, lull it was tlimight 1 !i"'e who entered t! e mine should only do the work ueco'sjtfv to extiugui'li the outbreak. TTtereOlTee Mr Lynch continued, il was their intention t" M'f the bres wen- drawn, tbe pumps closed and pickets .-ailed io see tbe work was dune as intended. ■U'STRAI.IAN KOREKTK. their RABID DEPLETION. (Received this day at 1i.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, -'•oieieher M. The Minister of Del,-me. Mr House, in tittering a warning regarding the rapid depletion of Australian forests, '.I j,l he V iovv ed vv il li great alarm tbe otid.ii ion it forestry in Australia, lie regarded the situation as a grave one as few people realise I he enormous demaud which modern warfare makes

m.Miul u nicti iMuui-f n upon timber siippiic-. (June o[)art. Ire,ni tbe ns,, for ordinary military supplies it was used during the re,-cut ttiU . for a wide variety of purposes, ranging from mad and bridge making j,, si met ura I timber lor ilug.nits, . retiel, systems and huts. At present Australia iniporteil Inrty-live tier *••-•*<( • |■, * r timber require nts. mostly Horn Canada and Hie United States. i,m tile supply there wa- mindly tadin*.;. CIRCUS INCIDENT. BRISBANE. September IT Two lions escaped I nun a travelling circus at Mil'll'-!! Railway Sial.on. and attacked and badly maided a P'"'y l.ol'.uv the keeiM-r appeared on Dm -1-eue. He (Oiiragenusly attacked Ha Inn,' with an iron liar and a ■■ btw iiaiiliner. After an exeitiim: aluoit i lie buildings the keeper sim-.ee.l.-d in forcing both the lions hm i; to the cage.