AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1926, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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DISABLED STEAMERS. (Reoeived this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 18. The steamer .Devon from New Zealand attempted to get a line aboard the Eastern Moon but failed owing to the heavy sea. The Devon is standing by the disabled vessel. BRISBANE, -May 18. I'lie Wonganella is still drifting, hut the wind has changed and is blowing off shore. The vessel is in no immediate danger. •14-HOUR FIGHT. SYDNEY, May 17. The members of the Coacih Builders’ Union, who failed to work on Saturday, were dismissed to-day. All the big works are affected. The steamc-r Ivaroula paid off the crew on the arrival of the vessel from West Australia. This is the first interstate steamer to bo tied up os a result of the coal strike. RACING RECORDSADELAIDE. May IS. A remarkable feature at Saturday’s Murphetvillo Meeting was that the race records were established in five out of seven events. The time in the Totalisator Handicap also equalled the State record. JOCKEY DTSQU A LIFTED. HOBART. May IS. At the Hobart Turf Club meeting. J. Ash wood, rider of Isabella in the Trotting Plate, was brought before the stewards on an allegation that he pulled his mount shortly after the commencement of the race, which was run in semi-darkness and he waited behind a hedge two furlongs from home and joined in the race again, when tbo horses came round for the last time. He ran third. Both rider and horse were disqualified for a. year