AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1927, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(by Telegraph—Per Press Association.) £OSO NUGGET . (Deceived this day at 11.0 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 12. A radio message from Edie Creek •states a. nugget weighing 377 ounces was discovered. This is the largest found on the field and carries approximately 77 per cent, of gold. It is valued at £650 sterling. QUEENSLAND TRAINS RESUME BRISBANE. Sept. 12. Following t'hii settlement of" the ■strike, all short distance trains resume running to-day and long distance to-morrow.

SHOT IN STREET. MELBOURNE, Sept. 12. While Donokl -Jenner was riding in a street at YVonthaggi, he was shot and fell off his' horse, and when assistance arrived lie was dead. An. arrest has been made.

A USTR ALI A N FI NA NCE. ADELAIDE, Sept. 12. Discussing tho question of improving Australia’s credit the Federal Attorney General, Mr Latham said if it were possible to improve credit and save one per cent, interest, taxation could be reduced by tea millions sterling yearly. The total amount raised by taxation in Australia was about seventyseven millions yearly, apart from payment for services rendered by Railways, Post Office and other Departments. and the Commonwealth and States paid fifty-seven millions in interest alone. Mr Latham said that the burden must be reduced. Probably the first business next session would be concerning finance.

NEWSPAPER STRIKE. PERTH, Sept. 12. Because they refused to pay fines imposed as a result of the strike of mechanical staff of tlie newspaper YYest Australian, two members of the Union were arrested and detained to serve three days’ imprisonment. The mechanical staff held a stop-work meeting and adjourned for twenty-four hours. As a result there will be no issue of the ,r West Australian” to-day.