AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1927, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

El I.M TRUST. SYDNEY, July 20. The Cinema Art Films. Ltd., the Australian Exhibitors Alliance Film, and the New Zealand and Universal Films Association announce the completion of a merger of their interests for lad'll the Australian and New Zealand markets. The new organisation will lie known as Cinema Art Films, Australia and New Zealand. Limited.

VOICE OF PROFITS. SYDNEY July 20. Mr James Dunlop, in bis Presidential address at the annual meeting of the Sydney-Chamber of Commerce, said that commerce and industry generally were hampered by Governmental restrictions and continual pinpricks by those who led the workers. Threatened by the drought am! by a possibility of stagnation in their manufacturing through - excessive costs and labour troubles, if would he folly to say all was well, but Australia was too young and vigorous to be permanently put out of ,husiness bv these troubles, and would win through.

AU-STR AIJA N A VIATIC >N. SYDNEY. July 20. Addressing the Alillious (Hull. Captain Hughes. President of the Australian Aero (dull, said there now were three private air Services operating in Australia, whose machines had made. i 11.608 (lights and a distance of 1.581,503 miles had been covered, and 10,-167 passengers had been carried with only two fatal accidents-.

DEATH ON AIAHENO. SYDNEY. July 27

D. 1). Raukine. a merchant of Malay States, returning from a visit to New Zealand, died of heart failure aboard the Maelino, on route from Wellington to Sydney.

STRIKE TROUBLES. SYDNEY. July 27. Over four hundred engineers hi the metal trades’ industry are on strike in conformity with the decision of the Amalgamated Engineering Union regarding Air Bceby's awards. A settlement was reached at the works of the automatic totalisator. cabled on Monday. The men resume work to-dav.

.MALTESE AUG RANTS. ADELAIDE. July 27

A deputation of unemployed .Maltese migrants waited on the Premier and complained that their dole of 10s Oil weekly had been stopped. They said many of them were returned soldiers. They did not want charity but work. At least one hundred Maltese wore destitute. They had no money and little clothing. Air Butler replied that Government had decided to discontinue the dole which was granted by a previous Government, in order to place all unemployed on the same level.