AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1927, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) NKW ZEALAND FORK.Vi COYS. .MELBOURNE, Aug. 3. In the Assembly, the .Minister of Forests attacked the business methods of the New Zealand and Victorian Forest Coys. He said the companies had been selling bonds to thousands of people in Australia at twenty-live to thirty pounds sterling, respectively, representations were made that the bonds entitled holders to timber on an acre, which would be worth live, hundred [pounds .sterling in twenty nr thirty years. He doubted if they would >bo worth ten pounds sterling. These enterprises claimed high prices would lie paid in future for soft woods for pulping purposes, but nowhere was soft wixkl used for such purpose.

TO REMODEL SYDNEY. SYDNEY, Aug

The City Council appointed a subcommittee to i court on remodelling of Sydney. The proposal is to remodel on a comprehensive scale so as to meet trallic and business requirements of the future. The wink will be done in sections and over a period of twenty vears.

A STORMY TRIP. SYDNEY. Aug. 3

The American lumber-laden ship, Chillieothe, was towed to Sydney, a.

\ iiyugc of 111 days, from Astori, .Oregon, short, of provisions. The voyage was pleasant as far as Norfolk Island, which was reached six weeks ago. Hie vessel then ran into seas anil heavy storms and was beaten back and knocked about and flooded, making the conditions for the crew most urnomlortahlo. She was provisioned lor eighty days. Food and tobacco ran short and from this time the crew were placed on short rations, which was reduced at the last to soup made from Hour and grease. The weather continued very rough. Several vessels were sighted but efforts to attract and ob-1 tain assistance laii'ed. A J’ortnight ago; the vessel .was within 110 miles of Sydney but bad weather carried her I far out again. .Meantime to make 1 matters worse, the vessel opened a leak and fifteen inches of water entered the' bold. She took a considerable list and for three weeks the crew bad to work the pumps to keep down the water. On July tiOth when 310 miles from Sydney, the position was so bad that the captain signalled lor a tug which after (onsiderable trouble located the distressed vessel and lowed Iter in.

FATA I. ELOPEMENT. SYDNEY. Aug. 3. At the inquest on the death tW' Sarah Wayne, aged It), of Christchurch. New Zealand, whose body was found at the loot of the cliffs at Coogee, John Vernon Donnelly gave evidence that he eloped with the girl from Christchurch. They came to Sydney, where they had lived together. On the IS’th of July, he gave the girl Cl 50. which she put in a linen bag and hung round her neck, ffe then left the Hat where they were living, and when he returned she was not there. On the following day lie searched for her, hut lie found no traces of her. He then cabi'cd to her mother, stating: "Sally missing. Expect suicide!

The deceased’s body was later found, hut the money hag. when opened aL the morgue, was empty.

The Coroner found that tho girl Sarah AVnvne died from injuries received in falling over the olifls at Coogee, hut that the evidence did not enable him to say whether or not she had wilfullv east herself over.