AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1926, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

L Austraiia & N.Z. Came Association.j METAL TRADES STRIKE. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 11. The strike of tho Federal Metal Trades Unions against their awards has now been in progress more than a week. In the majority of eases the men have received financial assistance from, their unions. Five more engineering firms have become involved following on the dismissal of an employees, who failed to attend work on Saturday. About one hundred coachmakers were discharged bv three firms for the same reasons. 'I lie miners on the South Coast are not favourable to the present engine drivers’ strike, contending that as the engine drivers failed to support the miners in the recent dispute, the miners- should not support them now. It is expected that other South Coast miners will follow the example of the Mount Pleasant men, and return to worn. LISTENING-IN. MELBOURNE, May 11. The Director of the Postal Services states there are now 109,500 holders of listening-in licenses in the Commonwealth representing 1.8 per hundred of the population. TWO POLICE MISSING. PERTH. May 11.

The police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of two members of the police fore, Detective-In-spector Walsh and Sergt. Pitman, who left Perth on 28th. April to make investigations some miles from Kalgoorlie. They have not since been heard of. Both men were employed in the gold stealing Department, ami as the utmost secrecy is observed in these cases nobody knows what their actual destination was. Both-were excellent bushmen and were probably armed. Foul play is suspected. Black trackers are scouring tlie country.