AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1928, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Telegraph—l’er Press Association. STOW A WAVS FJ NET) CS. SYDNEY, -March 20. Seven stowaways were discovered on hoard the Aiaungaiiui shortly alter she lett Auckland. Each was fined trk WALSH ISLAND DISPUTE. SYDNEY. March 20. The Government states that it is determined not to re-open the Walsh Island works unless the men work under the bonus system, and ( abinet next week will consider the best means ol selling the works. HON. NELSON’S STATFAI ENT. SYDNEY. March 20. The Hon. 0. Nelson, on route to Ceiieva to present petitions for redress of Samoan grievances, arrived by the -Ha nilgai mi. He refused to say whether he had ! much hope of the League of Nation-; intervention, but lie was emphatic that bis visit will direct the world’s attention to Samoan affairs. He added that the redress of grievances is hound up in the questions of deportation. CHESS CHAMPION'S DEATH. SYDNEY, Alarch 21. Obituary.—Albert Edward Noble Wallace, former Australian chess champion, aged 54. POPULATJO.N STATISTICS. SYDNEY, Alarch 21. Of the increased population, the excess of births over deaths amounted to 7(5,000. Excess of arrivals over departures 48,000. TIN FIELD POSSIBILITIES. I-LOBART, -March 21. The Government Geologist has returned from the tin field in the southwest of Tasmania. He says the field has vast possibilities.