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Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1928, Page 3

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(By Telegraph—Per Press Association SUBMARINE QUAKE. SYDNEY, March 17. Riverview Observatory reports th seismograph there recorded a. submar inc disturbance on Friday morning ii the track of shipping between Sydne and Fiji, which may create a tida "are, following on slight earthquake shocks in New Caledonia and Fiji The region of the. disturbance is calmJ latcd to be near Matthew Island.

MIGRATION SCHEME. PERTH. March 17. The State Government is considc ing a big land settlement scheme, i velving many million acres, with ; assured rainfall and of excellent qua ity extending from the Great Southci Railway to K:,pumice Line, north < the present settled area, to provk openings for several thousand settler The Government is endeavouring to s< cure the henefit of cheaper nione aviiilahle under the Migration Agree inont. It is expected the British an Commonwealth Governments will agre to linaneo the development of thenew areas under the migration agree ment. SHIP OWNER’S LAMENT. MELBOURNE. March 17. .Mr T. Appleton. Chairman ol Direr tors u| i.lit* lluddart Parker Coy., ad dressing shareholders, reviewed imhis trial troubles as regards the .-hipping industry. lie declared that though tic various «oncessious gained under tin Arhitraciou Act. the seaman had Guilt tip an aristocracy of labour in murine circles, which the Court found itself tillable to control. The shipowners’ hands had been tied behind their hacks, with no possible opportunity of conducting their a flairs with satisfaction to themselves or anyone else. He had been forced to the conclusion that the Arbitration system was doomed to failure. He continued: “It lives while it gives, and when it ceases it give ii will probably cease to live. The unions rpenly state that if wages and conditions are not satisfactory to them, they will not work peaceably under them.” The public statement of a Seaman’s Union official was that there could he no industrial peace until the einplnyi. ers gave voluntarily to the employees i, what they saw lit to demand. The out- , plovers were trammelled in every direri_ tion by awards and regulations, winch v took control from those who hail a practical knowledge of particular iudusij tries. The basic wage was tierormined | on falaeious premises, and wages were i fixed without regard to output. On . the other hand, when tin employer ic i the protected industries who was paying; high wages with burdensome conditions, sought assistance from the Tariff’ Hoard, the men promptly sought to participate, and so the merry-go-round

' went on. NOTHING UNUSUAT>. SYDNEY March 19. .Matson, on the liner Ventura, be tween Suva, and Pago Pago, in ropl to a message of enquiry says he ex perienced no unusual conditions o anything suggesting an earthquake. TTINKL ERAS RECEPTION. MELBOURNE, March 10. Hinkler arrived and Was welcome! by sixty or seventy thousand pc*oplo ine,hiding Premier Hogan and (he Lord Alayor. Cootaniundra. and AVagga were visited en route from Canberra. At each place Hinkler was enthusiast!only received.