AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1928, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) lilt I HER V CHARGES. SYDNEY, Feb. ». .Mr liullenshnw, Acting Premier, has announced that the Council of the .Minors' Federation has written him staling that in view of the fact that .Mr lloare had alleged that Mr I). took, who claimed to he acting on he- | half of Mr X. R. Kirk, who We understand is a director of the Stockton Borehole Colliery, had paid him considerable amounts from time to time to keep the mine continuously working, and that Mr Hoare further alleges that .Mr Cook by strong inference, implicated others as having received payments for such purposes, we ask the .Ministry to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the charges.” Mr liiittensliiiw informed the Council that he would have to discuss the matter will) Cabinet before a Royal Commission could he appointed.

INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE. SYDNEY. Feb. it.

The Council of the Employers’ Federation of New South \\ ales has decided to co-operate with Mr Bruce in any approved scheme to bring about industrial peace and order, with the aid ol the Prime Minister. The Federation will call a conference of employers and employees vrithin the State. WORK AT BOY’S WAGES. MELBOURNE. Feb. 10. In answer to an advertisement ottering employment to a hoy at a wage ol L'l weekly, over two hundred men. youths and hoys arrived. The crowd began to collect at an early hour in the morning, and when the doors opened three was a wild rush to gain an entry. The manager of the firm said he had seen nothing like it belore in his thirty-six years business experience. Mothers pleaded for their hoys, he said, and men begged to he given the job at hoys’ wages. All the applicants were desperately eager for work.

MIGRATION FIGURES. SYDNEY. Feh. 10

The net gain in migration to Australia last year was I8.!)21 persons. According to the figures issued by the l oinmomvealth Bureau ol Statistics, the excess of arrivals over departures included lIS.OOO people of British nationality; 1.200 Greeks; 0.500 Italians; 1.000 Jugo-Slavs; HOD Maltese, making altogether IS per cent in excess of arrivals.

EX-GOVERNOR. SIR TOM BRIDGES SYDNEY. Feb. 10.

Sir Tom Bridges, retiring Goventorof South Australia, is a passenger by the Aorangi. He intends to do some deep sea. fishing in New Zealand before he returns to England.

CRUISER. DEPARTS, SYDNEY. I'Vh. In

The cruiser Melbourne, one ol the original vessels o! t lit- Australian Heel has departed for England where she will go into the hands ol the shipbreakers.

ROTARY CLUB .FORMED. CANBERRA. Feb. 10. A local Rotary Club has been formed. ATHLETICS. MELBOURNE. Fell. 10. The world’s professional 220 yards championship resulted:—Miles 1. Bonner 2. Barry 3. Won by inches. Time 21J sees.