AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1925, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association. l

AN OLD LADY ATTACKED. SYDNEY. Dee. 1

When n tradesman knocked at the door of a house in Brook Street. Congee, late this afternoon, a woman, l.onsia Tinison. a wfilow. who was the housekeeper there, staggered out bleeding profusely from deep cuts in her head' and she was taken to the hospital in a critical condition. The woman had apparently hcon attacked with a hammer which was found nearby. She was unable to epee a coherent account of how she received the injuries. The police are .searching for visitors who are thought to have been at the house this afternoon. NO DKCISIOX. SYDXKY. lice. 1. The Tianspurt (iroup met and adjourned indefinitely without rent king a decision regarding the deportation cases. SYDXKY WOOL SALKS. SYDXKY, November .‘SO. At the wool sales to-day prices for ail oood quality wools were firm at la-t week’s level. Weakness and irregularity in faulty medium to broad fleece wools were in evidence. Comebacks and crossbreds sold to the liest last week's rates. Oreasv merino sold to twenty-eight pence iter pound.

.MELBOURNE WOOL SALES. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE. Dec. I. At the wool sales the market lacked buoyancy and it was very irregular. Hie prices realized were considerably lower than at last week's sales. DISASTROUS BUSH FIRE. SYDNEY, Dec. 1. A bushfire in the Trundle District destroyed fifty thousand acres of pasturage and is still raging. FINAL COUNT. SYDNEY. Dec. 1. The final connl of tin- first prefer- • noe votes lor the Senate is complet'd mid the allocation of the transfer • references has commenceit. DEALING WITH K.XTR F.AITSTS. SYDNEY. Dec. I. An Australian Labour Party Coii"re 11 ' ■ e is convened tor April noxl v| i eii tb<’ principal business will l:o ■ lie question of dealing with the F’.x- ---! remists. MOSQUITO NETS FOR HOTEL BEDS (Received this day at 10.0 a.tu.i SYDNEY. December I One ul the night mares of country holiday makers is the want of protection against the rest disturbing mosquito. ( onipalint oil this head lias led into a court ruling that hotels must provide, without delay, a net lor every bed. CRICKET TOGS STOLEN. BRISBANE, December 1. During the week-end the visiting New South Wales cricket team left their field outfit in a shed at the exI iliition grounds. Robbers toned an entrance and made a clean sweep, securing clothing valued at over forty pounds. The visitors had to take the held yesterday in clothing supplied by Ou< usla nders.

STRIKE AT NAIL WORKS. SYDNEY. I)c. I. Following on tin l refusal <4 an om- ■ Joyce at Krylaml's wire nail work Newcastle, to join the Australian Workers' I'nic.ii. nine hundred other ■mploycos struck after the nianagrueiif refused to dismiss him.