AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1928, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(United Press Association. —By .Electric Telegraph.—Copyright )

DA RAVIN M AN'S MURDER DA RAVIN, April 111

Airs Hill, wife of the dead man. whoso murder was cabled on April 27, lias boon arrested and charged with murder. Hill was killed with an axe while in Tied. Others in the house beard no sound.

WESTR A LIAX LIFE S EXTENT T PERTH. April 28.

Cabinet commuted to life imprisonment. the dentil .sentence on Edward Kelly, 52. convicted of the murder of Police Sergeant: Alexander Mark, who was shot while trying to arrest Kelly i n a hotel.

FIGHT OVER BEER. .MELBOURNE. April 28

A tcrrilie encounter occurred aboard the Euripides at Port Melbourne last night, between four liremeii. over a Imlllc ill hei*r. Joseph Ferns, aged 37, had ail bis uc'ili kicked mil and lii.s face smashed, prcseni ing a gha-th appearance. Ferns pursued the other three all our the -hip with a razor, and ihe crew i. lined Hie rioters, who ic-ed all kind? .>I weapons. Peace was restored when ilia second officer drew a revolver, lolling Ferns to drop the razor. die All Blacks were aboard.

WHITE SLAYERS. SYDNEY. April 2

In order m protect young girls from alleged white slavers masquerading as theatrical managers, ihe Actors’ I'cilcralion Inis drafted two Hills for .submission into Pa rl ia men I. tlm- proposes that white shivers, when r-or-ricted should be punished with a line of £2<X) or one year's gaol. The oilier proposes that all theatrical employers should lie* registered, and that their books should be open to public inspection.

COUNTER EEITERS’ DEN. MELBOURNE. April 28

The police effected the biggest and most sensational coup for years. They have raided a suspected bouse a t

Ocean Grove, near Geelong, and there discovered a complete engraving plant and ten thousand rountcrleit live

ponml sterling notes

A until ami a young woman, mimed Stephen Karasickwick, a process engraver, anti Sima Marchenko, were at* rested.

AA lien the police broke into the bouse. Karasickwick was working on a printing machine with a loaded gun beside him. bill be tlitl not attempt to use it. The bouse is situated in a remote part of a thick scrub, and the police lorceil entry completely surprised the inmates. The raid is the outcome ol police investigations regarding the circulation of forged ten pound sterling notes at the icct'iil Sydney and .Melbourne race meetings.

Further sensational developments are expected. MARINE COOKS TROUBLE. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) .MELBOURNE, April 30. Shipowners are disappointed at the decision of the Arbitration Court in the marine cooks’ case. "It is simply one more week wasted. ’ declared Air AY. Appleton. Chairman of Huddarts.

" It is safe to say no cooks will oiler for our vessels. AA e a I tempted to obtain cooks for Ottr colliers last Saturday, but not a man applied. The trouble began with the Flimaroa cm March 2nd and now another week lias been added la the delay quite uselessly. '■

LEA'EL GROSSING I'd I A I i l ILS .MELBOURNE. April JU A motor-ear coiilnmiug a man and a woman wa- wrecked a. a level ci'o-sing at 11 alia in. on Daiidonong line. AG,AI" " Nugent, a.'-d 5(1. of llallam. and Airbill' O'l.miry. aged 25. of Cardcii,,ilicd by a la-t milk train which crashed into ihe ear. the dliver of which i bought lie would be able to clear the crossing, but misjudged the train's pace. BERTH. April 30. A fatal level crossing accident occurred near .Midland .Junction when a train from I’ertli collided with a cal. killing Henry Russell, of Mundaring, a storekeeper, and bis wife. Margaret R ussoll. PERTH. April 3:1. \ Maori motor-cyclist, lamawhite Teknaiil. 25. was killed at Passendcan. when Ids cycle crashed into a spring

FLEW TO TASMANIA. LAUNCESTON. April 30. Captain Lancaster and Mrs Millei Mew across the straits from .Melbourne to Launceston in six and a-lialf hours in the tooth of a severe gale, despite an adverse weather loreeast. SOLOMON ISLAND TRAGEDY. SYDNEY. April 3(1. . LY. 11. McCarthy, a Sydney Soliritc.r, lias just returned after defending the Solomon Island ohieltain, Lasinna and other natives at Tulagi for the murder cf the Resident Commissioner Bell, and cadet. Liellics and twenty native nulice boys. McCarthy was deeply impressed with Basiatm’s courage. lie made no attempt to hide hi.- guild, and t i'd the full story of the attack, how he and the others crept to the but where Che tax was being eulfoctcc'l. bow Ihe deliberately struck Roll on the bead and then killed four native hovs. When sentence ol death was pronounced Basiann exclaimed:

“That is what I expected, why have they talked so much.’’ The other native. Maiini. wlm was sentenced to death, tried to hide his guilt and collapse l and died from dysentery in the prison before his execution could Ire carried out. McCarthy said there were two probable motive- for the crime, either the tax or revenge for the execution of tribesmen some years ago. “It is certain'' McCarthy adds “that, the natives will avenge the hanging of T»asiann.” CITRUS FRUITS. SYDNEY. April 30. Citrus- growers in New South Wales anticipate three hundred thousand cases of fruit will be handled by packing houses (Turing the coming season. In order to stimulate New Zealand trade. 11. 11. Such, manager of Central Citrus Association, is going lo the Dominion to foster interests of fruit exporters. Only twentyseven per rent of the total ol New Zealand trade last year passed through their hands. FLOOD THRILLFRS. ROCKHAMPTON. April 30. Suivivors stories which mention miraculous escapes during flood', make thrilling reading. Two Greeks in the cotton area were so desperate, fearing drowning or starvation that they arranged to shoot themselves, when they were swept into a tree and marooned there till all the waters had subsided. \ settler’s bn by was caught on a barbed wire fence and held there till saved. A family named Ball at AYowan took refuge in trees. The death cries of stock, poultry and domestic animals were pitiable. Thousands ol snakes of all sorts were drowned and the cotton crops ruined.

.MURDER arrest. ■ I)ARAVIN. April 30. A second arrest following the luurdel' of Hill has been made of Jelamey I Solomon, who was charged with being an idle? and disorderly person. It is alleged Hill thrashed Solomon two months ago .Mrs Hill is ietiricnt. QUEENSLAND SULLAR. CANBERRA. April 30. The- Assistant Minister of Trade and Customs states the Imperial Budget confers an advantage of 80s per ton on Australian sugar. Australian growers wii! benefit to the extent of C 205.000 sterling based on the annual export of 150.000 tons of sugar. Australian sugar under tile new ta ri If will be on a parity with sugar from other Dominions which is not so refined as the Queensland prod net.