AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1928, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A MASTER CRIMINAL. (Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at 11.25. a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 3. Frank Broady, a master criminal with a- had record in New Zealand, where he escaped from gaol, was convicted here of receiving, and was declared an habitual criminal. CHURCH .COLLECTIONS. SYDNEY, Oct. 3. At the Anglican Synod, Diocese of Sydney, Archbishop Wright recommended envelope collections similar to those in New Zealand, where during a recent visit he discovered they had superseded the. ordinary plate collections with success. A BIG ESTATE. SYDNEY, Oct. 3. Under the will of the late Sir James Fairfax, £IO,OOO was bequeathed to Sydney University, a similar amount to Sydney Grammar School, and one half of his shares in the “Herald” to his son Warwick. The value of the testator’s New South Wales estate was £731,371. VICTORIAN BUDGETMELBOURNE, Oct. 2. In the Victorian Assembly, Mr Hogan, delivered the budget. Iri his speech he said to-day that the Government proposed to carry on the ensuing year without any additional taxation, and the Government hoped, at the same time to conclude the year with a small surplus, ’ perhaps one of twenty-five thousand sterling.

RACING STABLE TO BE SOLD. 1 SYDNEY, Oct. 4. Sir Abe Bailey, owing to ill health, is selling his racehorses and breeding stock. The sale is expected to be one of the most important in recent years. SHIPOWNERS ACTION. MELBOURNE, Oct. 4. Shipowners have decided to pay -off the crews of eight vessels to-day. This is only a' temporary policy due to the the, jittitude-' : iqfOthe other unions. ~.. Five waterside rioters tenced to a month’s imprisonment at Brisbane. , j ? • :j:'. j The Hopip Secretary .announces (that all ‘ of .watersid,erg, laiujf persons, in publ jo places ( .will, .not be allowed hereafter. . BRISBANE, Oct. 4. Seamen met at the Trades Hall apd decided to stand behind the : waterside workers as in South Australia and Victoria. ; Shipowners representatives at Brisbane to-day are making a call for volunteer seamen for three intei'-State idle vessels.