AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1928, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(United Press Association. — By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. \ DEATH SENTENCES. SYDNEY. June 7. Wireless advices from Tuhigi state that the trial of principals in the Maijta massacre lias concluded. Russians, Jairo Tonuringo. Luita, ’folio .and Tufuni were all sentenced to death. Five other natives were sentenced to life imprisonment. Eleven other natives were sentenced to terms of from three to twenty years’ imprisonment each. SHIPPING CRISIS. MELBOURNE, June 7. The ship-owners propose to make the Loimgana a test ship to decide whether Itlie other maritime unions are going to support- the. cooks in the strike. On Tuesday next, an effort will lie made to man the Loongana without any cooks. ’I lie owners are supplying the passengers with cold meats and other suitable foods, which will lie eookcsl in Melbourne by strictly Union labour; the owners are placing on the other maritime unions the onus of either accepting or rejecting the engagement.

The President of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions has issued a statement appealing to the Arbitration Court to intervene in the cooks’ dispute. In the House of Representatives. Mr Bruce. Prime Minister, stated that the Government regarded the position of the shipping industry as grave, and they were considering whether they would have to take action to maintain inter-St,Mo services. SY TINEA'. June 7. The Alarine Stewards’ Union has decided to call a nieetiiijg at Sydney o£; the Transport Group of Unions to discuss the strike position, with a view to a settlement.