AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] A LATE SPRING. SYDNEY. Sent. HO. The rnmiim:inee o! the hilt -fly i old went.ter and the absence m rain is delaying spring growth, and snowfalls and heav y I rusts are reported from the highlands. The want of ram i, beginning W U' felt severely in some di-trots-The season, generally, i- -nniewhal late. BRE.U li Of I’ROM ISE CASE. >S VI) N l-X . Sept H-1. \ I Ihe lb set, bre.-u-h of promise ease a large numher • f letters wen- rend, which passed between Re.-ell and plamt ill during the In 11 r - a i.-sence on a [rip to America win in- bad secured emphivmeut at on.- Itnndied dollars a week’and in frame. Tiu-e letters re-ultid ill her returning to Au-iraha and resuming her c-.-mpanionsbip with Resell. who then proposed marriage and pressed her to marry loin. tail' r .-he U-eatiie ill it ltd umlerwent an operat imi. alter witielt she told him that ,|,e was not going to marry him because la- made her too miserable and too jealous, tie told her to plea-,-herself and that he would pay her tare hack to America, adding that he was si<k of females. EMPIRE PRES- DELEGATES. MELBOURNE. Seotember -Jib At the Pie-s Conference, Lord Burnham’ predielod t hat them would | l,e portraiture by wire new.,,.pa living le-el-iplive matter as aimady done experimentally. lie said that, roughly speaking, aa direct and immediate consequence ol ihe (if,l eolilei ein-e. cable rates lor the supply- of news for all parts ol the f.in,ll-,. have been halved in amount. To put it converseiv. hut more aerUlnte|v, || u;s doubled in extent since the •ii-st conference. Other substantial reduetiens have been obtained. but. above all. delegates should inilgratu!a * e lliemselve- on the reduction IV■clitlv conceded of IMI per word, on llte Australian service by an agreement between the British Rost Oiling the Australian Post Oilier and the l’aeilte UaMN.S.W. POLITICS. SYDNEY. September -JO. In Die Assembly, the Attnniey-tten-era! Mr M cTierua n I gave noli,-,- ot a mot uni to In- moved to-morrow i- o leave to introduce a hiil lor increasing netubers’ salaries. IN"TEIt-EAI PI R E (’(t.M MT' N It ATI: )N's MELBOURNE. Sept. HD. The Third !m;erial i‘re— ( uitrrcnre was emit inued i-’-.lay. Inter-Empire -oanmunii at ion being Ihe ibaiiinaot subject. Motions v-civ p.i-sed urging the restoration ef penny pcsiage within the Empire, and urging ; that wirele-s aies-agis tie rhnrccd at the lov r-. t -.0-sibla figure and ill the i use ot beam wireless stations the rates -heldd have installation and maintenance; that Canada, Australia and other |b.millions should ;mtr. ! Ihe r n i i;.roe-tl themselv es to it.-o their i.-tnnsi. <• tl'.iri- : o see that mare Dominion news than I-1-.V i- u-ed he i 1 1 ; 111 i - 1 ;. d in their <e--pective pa; ei-. Nl iRTHERN (!) VI.I-'I ELDS’ TROUBLE. (Received this dav at S .a.m.) SYDNEY, sept. The ( on' oreuee ol l.abnur :ll '!•--■ Nortiiern C'ellieri - pr-u -1 -- d again.- 1 ; lie delay „f the Coal Tribunal in h. arum; tlieir claim-, and ii decided to hold agtregate meeting- t hroiighnnt he Neaoa-tle and Ate itla ml lietd- mi Monday, at v blob (Ik- demands- wift T.e ■mule to owners lo grani a minimum f £r, 111- vv-ekly ; tailing the |euiands icing grnnl“d. fiirD-er ag-gre--.ate meetings will be held. All mine, in the Xerthern field will the. 1,.- idle -u Monday. BREACH OE PROMISE. SYDNEY. 5,.|,,. .-I--. i’li- plaintiff in the Ib-ch cu e. at lege' I Hint alter she lil-l refused |o marrv Resell, he made a further olici of marriage. TPi- -l,e a i-epi.-,!. Then the defendant gave her an eti me, ennui I ring, lie also introduce.! Imr to -e - oral friend-, --lying.. "I hi, i- the I■ > ! I«■ lad v 1 am gin m,; to nm rry This closed the phi i lit i It's r a-e. ! \i - !*. vI.ADiE.s. SYDNEY. S'u :. I he New South Wale:- A-emb|y read i first time Du- < II; iueriui-iiig the memlao-s’ salaries T!„ bill n-t , •■lie alarm- to their ' rigine! level t.n J,-;- the previous l.abour Govenmient. PRESS CoNEEb: EX( i'. GREETINGS MEEBOERNIn. Sept. HD Al the Third Im; erial Pr, - U.m • : cnee I nr.l Burnham cable,! to ,- i d Rosebery as follows: “The Third Imperial Press ('.uilerence sends greetings ■r.l.j !-esl vvisbes. Your -la- elm- -ere quoted by the Prime Minister. Dm Leader of the l.almur Party and my,ell .---Burnham.” I.ord Burnham -ail he felt the me—age v. -stlil deeply tom h laud BoseVery. who was now ill, and who wele,uned the liist, eoiileietice of the delegates and had always taken a big 'n-u-re-t in fmperia! alfaits. I udy Burnham read a fiaper mi i lie Men sea' s So.-iety- of -b nnn.d ist s. which -tie -aid was governed by broadminded women. She conveyed the Society , greet i ugs. Resolutions were submitted covering better 'telegraphic a.mi inter-Empire oiiimun ieat imi'; urging low charges for the wirele-s transmission of news: •egret ting the delay in erecting leant wireless -tatioii-. and urging tlieir completit'll. BR EAt M OE PROMISE CASE. SYDNEY. October I. !,, Ihe Resell case, the defendant in -.lie wuiiies, box gave a lomplete deu,.,l to the many incidents related Ly till' to counsel. He denied that !m iived with her. though he vi-ired Imr 'rei|Uen,!y. lb- -aid she was ol a vert ieahut.s nature. Reseit denied positively that he ever made a proposal n: marriage v'-hen ]daiutifl s illness repaired medical and bo-mtal treatment. lUe Imaring was adiotirned. CONEERENCE eaii.s. BRISBANE. October 1. ; A compulsory conference dealing | with the dispute over the rotary '. v ''- j ot emnloyment on wharves pro vet I i Ivoriive. Init ri*piv>ont;U i v'<>> nuivo l ; that the ports of Brisbane and Towtis--j ,ilb. be no longer regarded a, black.