AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1928, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

RAILWAY BECOMING INVOLVED

(Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at 8 a.m.) BRISBANE, Sept. 25. Following the dismissal of eleven rail way men at Bowen, in connection with sugar deliveries to the wharf, where farmers are loading the ships, a suggestion has arisen that Queensland ■is faced with another railway strike. Railwaymen at a meeting last night decided to remain outside the strike pending further instructions from the Australian Railways Union State Executive, hut a fireman on the wharf to-day shunting an engine, refused to go on the jetty with a load of sugar, and was immediately suspended. Ten others who refused to take his place were also suspended, and subsequently the eleven men were dismissed.

SYDNEY CELEBRATION. SYDNEY, Sept. 24. The New Zealand offices and the premises of New Zealand business firms in the city were beflngged today oil the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of Dominion Day. A reception was held in the Government offices, which was attended by over two hundred representatives of the consular services, the State Government, naval and military heads, and ex-New . Zealanders associated with professional and business circles in Sydney. All expressed to Mr Blow the : New Zealand Government agent, felicitations on the Dominion’s past achievements and good wishes for the future. CELEBRATION IN MELBOURNE. (Received this day at 9.25. a.m.) MELBOURNE, September 25. Dominion day celebrations in the New Zealand offices was a brilliant success and was attended by distinguished citizens, including members of Parliament, foreign consuls, trade commissioners, and ex-New Zealanders. The Prime Minister (Mr was unable to attend but expressed bis goodwill.

GARDINER V. MYERS. SYDNEY, September 24. xiie wrestling contest between Gardiner and Myers to-night resulted in a win on points for Gardiner, who was the aggressor almost throughout. -Myers, however, secured the first fall with a slip over toe-hold early in the fourth round. Then Gardiner, who was the strongest man, secured a if all in the next round. In the final round it was a case of Myers stalling over another fall for his opponent, and he succeeded in doing so. JOCK GARDEN. PROSECUTIONS FAIL. SYDNEY, September 24. The Magistrate dismissed the informations under the Federal Act, charging Mr Jock Garden, Secretary of the Trades and Labour Council, with having attempted, by written intimidation, to prevent persons from accepting employment in connection with the transport of goods in the inter-State trade. The matter arose out of the recent Marine Cooks strike. Similar charges under the New South Wales State Act have been dismissed. OBITUARY. (Received this day at lQ.a.m.) SYDNEY. September 25. Obituary-—B. B. Allen, a prominent woolbroker of Sydney, aged 61.