AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1928, Page 3

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(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) •METHODIST VETERAN. (Received this day tit 9.30 a.m). SYDNEY, March 27. Obituary. - Reverend J nines K ielnird Murray, a well known Methodist .Minister and Maori War veteran. lie had charge of a mission at Christchurch till 1900. He was aged 05 years. OBITUARY. PERTH. March 27. Obituary.- Sir Allred Dangler, governing director of the newspaper, ‘•West Australian,” aged 08 years. JOINT CONFERENCE. SYDNEY. March 27. The Premier opened a conference ot representatives ot employers and employees called l>y the State Government to discuss causes of unemployment and to recommend a means ol increasing employ me nt. Mr Bavin, in his opening speech, stressed the degradation and hardship inflicted on those willing to work Inn tmahle to obtain employment. lie stressed the hope that the delegatewould accept his assurance that there was no political element whatever in the conference, so tar as the Goietnment was concerned. ’I he desire of the Government was to obtain a frank, independent opinion of the oauses of 'il.'inu’inai existent unemployment and the possibility ol lemoving them. He stated according to official figures that unemployed at present were afiotit. I-IJICO. Altei dealing with what the Government had done in the way of relief work, ho said the only means the Government believed, offering any real chance of improvement, was the extension of employment by private employers. They desired a frank, friendly discussion so that any circumstances .surrounding the industry in New (eolith Wales which prevented the extension of private enterprise or restricted employment by private enterprise, might be identified anil i> possible removed. The Labour delegate asked if the Unions could show that something should be placed on th • -'-tat me Book which was not titer, a.iv uly, would the Government take • e lece-saij steps. Mr Bavin replied: "Of < nurse, yes, that is the object ot the conference.” A LONELY ISLAND. SYDNEY, March 27. The loneliness of the community at Tristan d’Aciinha, is emphasised in. a letter published hy the Sydney “Morning Herald” from a resilient of the group, delivered eleven months after its dispatch. The letter was inscribed 5.0.5.. and addressed to any leading newspaper, marked, "- No stamps here.” The writer asks: “Please lie good enough to help us m our lonely exile here. Will you ask shippers to let their vessels call on the way to America." H goes on to say that potatoes failed in the winter of' 1926 and the inhabitants wore faced with semi-starvation, and asks: “fs it right to ignore the island lor twelve to eighteen months and even longer.” It adds that some letters posted in 1923 arrived only m March, 1927. LANCASTER ARRIVES BRISBANE. March 2,. The “Red Rose” has arrived. A great crowd accorded Lancaster and Mrs Mifler a great reception. At eiwnrds the Mayor entertained them at a civic reception,