AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1927, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.]

HEAT WAVE DEATHS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) ADELAIDE, January 13. Five additional deaths are reported as the result of the heat wave, making a total of twelve. CRICKETERS’ BONUS. •SYDNEY, January 13. Efforts made by players to compel the Hoard ot ( dntrol to pay a larger bonus have collapsed, owing to the publicity given. It is now stated that all players are available and will participate in the Sheffield Shield games. VIEWS OF CHINA. SYDNEY. January 13. . Prolessor Griffith Taylor, who attended the Bail-Pacific Science Congress at Tokyo and then travelled in ( bina. has returned. He says be was surprised to find bow lightly Chinese treated the civil war. The people as a whole did not seem to care which side won, so long as peace came. The feeling generally was more anti-foreign than anti-British, except in the south, where most of the foreigners were British. The Southern Party, which Mr Taylor thinks will be the winning party with the slogan “ China for Chinese ” is the strongest and most powerful party throughout China.

HEAT WAVE. ADELAIDE, January 13,

Nine of the boat wave victims were inmates of the Old Folks Home at Mngill and the other three were patients at the Children’s Hospital. The temperature for five successive days was well over one hundred, while the maximum was reached yesterday of 105. There lias been such an abnormal demand for water that gardeners have been requested not to use water during the day when factories are drawing supplies. NO. MI NA TIO N R E FUSED. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY. Jan. 13. The Federal Government refused to accept the nomination of Mr Garden (Secretary of New South Wales Labour Council) as a member of the Industrial Commission to To sent to 1 nited States. The refusal created great resentment and the Council informed the Government that if the nomination was not accepted, the State would refuse to be represented. Support for this attitude has been received from I.alsiur Councils in other States, and it is understood the American Labour Federation will refuse to receive the delegation unless Mr Garden is accepted.

VIEW’ OF GERMANY. .. SYDNEY. Jan. 13. John Brown, a Coal magnate. has returned from Germany, lie said in ten years Germany would lie industrially supreme. To-day she was outstripping England and continental rivals. and by sheer lull'd work and leiiaeity the people wore lorging ahead which would soon place thorn in command of many of the world’s markets, and in a few years the German industrial colossus would be astride the world. SHEARERS’ DEMANDS. SYDNEY, Jan. Li. The agenda for the Australian Workers’ Union Annual Convention contains the claims of shearers for £l2 weekly with keep, for a thirty hours week and fill tier week for shearers cooks for thirty-six hours, with overtime for Saturday and Sunday.

SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. SYDNEY, Jan. 13. Addressing the Millions Club, Roland Green, a member of the representatives who lias returned from the East, made a serious allegation against Australian traders iu eastern markets. He said goods were delivered short in weight and very poorlv packed and bad resulted in a decline in Australian export to the east from fortynine millions sterling in 1922-23 to thirty-six millions iu 1923-21.

TEACHERS’ DESIRES. BRISBANE. Jan. 13

The Annual Conference of Australian Teachers' Federation endorsed a proposal that the Education Conference lie held under the auspices of the League of Nations at Geneva. WOOL SALES. HOBART, Jan. 13. The first wool sales of the season have commenced. Competition was very keen and compared with closing prices on the mainland in December, line merinos advanced ten per cent, and other merinos from par to five per cent.; super and good comebacks and fine crossbreds were also live per cent, higher. Merino skirtings were unchanged, while crossbred skirtings advanced five per rent. BUSH FIRES. HOBART, Jan. 13. Fanned by a high wind, bush fires are raging in Zcehan. district, causing heavy damage.