AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1926, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] ULLMAROA’S ROUGH TRIP. SYDNEY. Feb. IG. The (Tiniaroa arrived at 1 p.in. I throe hours late, owing to adverse weather conditions. The New Zealand lady sv, ini merit were passengers. i H-HOUR WEEK. SYDNEY. Feb. 10. The Full Court dismissed to-day the Clyde Engineering Company's appeal on February 12th. against the tfecision ' of the .Magistrate on the ■l4-hour week. The decision means that the Dl-hour week law holds good. RED HEAD MINE EXPLOSION. SYDNEY, Feb. -10. Tl:o Coroner returned a verdict that the Red Head mine disaster was due to an explosion of (ire damp, caused by the naked firm? lamp of the late Shiftman Riley. The Coroner added that Do was not prepared f.o say whether ilk.'l'c was neglect or omission on the part of the mine officials and deputy. REFERENDUM asked foil SYDNEY, Fob. 1(3. In the Legislative Council, a, motion asking for a referendum of the people before any vote is taken on the abolition of the Upper House, was allowed to stand over until Thursday next. GOLD DISCOVERY. PROSPECTOR, APPf.IES FOR REWARD CLAIM. PERTH. Feb. L. Much in ibe same way as Arthur I’aylry arrived at the warden’s office al Southern Cross in September, 1892, to report the diseoverv of gold which afterwards became Ravlev’s Reward Mine at Coolgardie. William Black reached Southern Cross, and stood at the same office counter as Bayley did, after travelling ISO miles along the rabbit-proof funiv from Ihe north, where he reports an important discovery of gold in Hw country lying between the Yilgaru and Yalgoo goldfields boundaries. Black states that the new find is six miles west ol the lin mile peg on the fence. He lodged an application for a reward lease, and the papers are being sent to the head ulliie ai Perth. W. G. Gilmore and Son, who are working for Black, applied for a prospecting area outside tlie reward lease. The discoverer said lie located an auriferous area some mouths ago. butpreferred to make certain of the values before applying for leases. Early in December samples of stone assayed by the Government metallurgist averaged ,‘iOdwt to the ton. Black says that the deposit is 40 chains in length, running north and smith, and 20 chains in width. Water is obtainable at. a soak six miles away. Unlike early prospectors. Black has a motor-lorry and a ear, which lie used for carting sandalwood in the vicinity of the discovery.

VOTING AGAINST OWN PARTY SYDNEY. Fell. 17.

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