AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1926, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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N.S.W. POLITICS. SYDNEY, Jan. 30. Referring to the suggested move hy opponents of the Abolition Bill to organise a petition to th e Government to dissolve parliaineul, .Mr bang says it is now apparent that Nationalist politicians assisted hy the Nationalist Press are prepared to bring about a first class constitutional crisis in their defence of the chamber of life nominees. The first move of the Nationalists, lip says, was to incite the Nationalist majority in the Legislative Council to destroy all Labour Bills not approved by Air Bavin and his colleagues. It was hoped the Government would either meekly accept the dictation of tlie life nominees or throw the country [nto turmoil and the expense of another general eieilion. Government, however, emphatically declined to accept dictation either I rent the tindemoerntie and nonrepresenlalive council or from the leaders of a political party so decisively rejected by the electors six months ago. It appears a. new line of attack is to dictate to the Governor or insolently to instruct him how best to give effect to the policy of Notionalists. A CYCLONE. PERTH. Jan. 30. A cyclone struck the coastal districts in the vicinitv of Bromine and caused considerable 'damage. The schooner Mena was blown ashore in Beagle Bay. Fifty one people aboard managed to reach tho shore safely, after a hazard--I,us swim or five hundred yards. All roads are blocked hy lallen trees. Many windmills were overturned JJca'de Bay mission station suffered severely, but so far as is known, noo-nly was injured.

PRICK; OF BUTTER. SYDNEY. Jau. 31

The wholesale prices of butter have been increased by a halt-penny pel pound. BUBII KIBES. SYDNEY, Jan. 30. Bush (ires in 'the Colter river district arc the worst lor twenty veins. Fears arc entertained for the snlety of the observatory anil pine plniitnUniis at .Mount Stromli) in .JingeMie tlistiiib near Albury. A lire is raging .lereeiy along a fifteen mile fr-ml Uathu.sL district. Sixty square miles ol grass and fencing have been destroyed. M’veral buildings and homesteads bail a close call, the fire is now practicall) under control. l ittle h>ss of sloe , so far is reported.

THE WORST FOB YEARS,

fßeceived this day at 10.2 c, a.m.) SYDNEY. Feb. L Reports from, tin- IJ.per Murray and Southern tablelands indicate Hus is ,1' St vein- for In.sl. fires su.ee U" »• |lig outbreaks _ are irnmUed on Lie rmmos oasl. <>i \\a<i{/.a. At Holbrook the fire has a front of (~.;(rlv fourteen miles, and about. " m | ull „r,-ed th.nisaiid acres are humm.near .lingeblie. pnon n kssi v k samo a . AIEiLBOURNE Feb. 1. Dl - Andrew Thomson. Director of the A,.in Observatory, is in Melbourne m ;. o „nrd to tlie .question of meteorologtcnl ,(,-ordination among the Australian N.Z. and Samoan stations. |L. ' s . lv s that Western Samoa, under nritisli control, and tl.e administration of the New Zealand Government, has ..fiamvd git.'atlv ill ebaraeter. and Mncc'the depression in 1921. the Western areas have developed readily a. former large German plantation realising profits of more than £25,000 yearly Last year the population increased |,v over one thousand and this was due. to the improved medical treatment anil assistance of Doctor K Roberts, wife of the American Consul and Di Mohol Christie. Both these women doctors visit the villages. There are now more than 274) native nurses scattered throughout the Island.