AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1925, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australia & X.Z. Cable Association. SUDDEN DEATH. SYDNEY, Dec. 5. Obituary —G. L. Sc-ansie, a promtnent Auckland merchant irom heart failure. LA HOUR AFFAIRS. SYDNEY. Dec. 5. The executive of the Australian Labour Party decided to adjourn consideration of tlie proposal to debar unions that remain on the. Labour Council from affiliation with the Australian Labour Party. It was stated during the debate that the Association of the Australian Labour Party with extremists had cost the party the Federal election and the Labour Council was under the domination ol Communists, consequently if the movement were to he cleaned up it was necessary lor unions to choose between the Australian Labour Party and the Labour Council. Tt- was decided to take a ballot of all unions on the question of what action should lie taken in connection with the deportation. The question to be submitted to unionists will include one ask iliac whether they favour a twentyfour hours strike in all industries. A conference of transport workeis to determine what form the protest against deportations should take, decided to form an anti-deportation campaign committee in each State for lhe purpose of promulgating anti-deporta-tion views among Unionists. Tlie conference also decided, with the object ol bringing about closer unity that transport workers should term an Australian transport alliance which would embrace all Unionists connected with sea and land transport. TRANSPORT 0.8. F. SYDNEY. Dee. 0. A conference of tlie ’l ransport Unions decided to form One Big Union of the Transport groups to embrace 150 thousand unionists. The Provisional Constitution provides for a. Federal Council, to control all sectional strikes and all disputes likely to extend lKsyond one State. The provisional President is Mr A. h- lurley, of the Watersidcrs. No cessation ol work is to take place without the authority of the State Council. The Unionists proposed to he included are the wntersiders. coal lumpers, seamen, stewards, shipwrights, ships’ painters, marine engineers, merchant service guild, draymen, carters. motor drivers, tramway employees, railwav workers and locomotiie tMigmomcn. A fatal quarrel. SYDNEY, Decemlier fi. .Mary Carr died at Dubbo as the result of injuries alleged to have been received through being hit oil the head with a- shovel during an altercation with another woman, Alice Newdenn. who has been arrested and charged with murder. THE MANUKA. SYDNEY. December 0. The .Manuka has sailed lor Bluff, after a delay of four hours owing to a shortage of firemen. MR THEODORE'S DEFEAT. BRISBANE. December fi. The final figures of the poll for Herbert show that Mr Theodore is defeated hv 208 votes by Mr Noth. M URDER SUSPECTED. BRISBANE, December 6. Charles Wccdon, aged 03, found dead in bed at Rockhampton. with his head shockingly mutilated by a gunshot wound, is suspected to have rnet with foul play. Two men have been detained. The charge evidently entered lhe hack of lhe head. NFAY HIGH .1 UNIT’ RECORD. SYDNEY. Dec. 0. By clearing a height of Oft. 3-Rin. in a running jump, Charles Ebert has created a new New South Males record. The previous record was sixfeet .