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JAPS HONOR. EMPEROR. (Australian Press Association). (United Service). SYDNEY, November 12. . Japanese residents of Sydney gathered on Saturday afternoon at the hour of the Emperor’s coronation if or tho ceremony in honour of the event and an unusual sound of three full-voiced bangais, from a large group of the Mikado’s lieges tilled the air in the vicinity of the Consul-General’s residence at Point Piper. A peculiar interest was lent to the Sydney ceremony by the fact that Princess Kuni, mother of the Emperor of Japan, Is the elder sister of Mrs Tokugawa, wife of the Consul-General. PROTEST AT SHOOTING. DARWIN, November 11. Rev. A. .McGregor., commenting on the shooting of seventeen aboriginals bv the police (cabled on the Oth) said : “ It is an anomaly to shoot seventeen natives like so many kangaroos, when you intend to spend a thousand pounds on a trial to give two others who survive the benefit of .British justice. 1 do not feel vindictive, but f intend to try to persuade the Australian public that this thing shall not occur again. Settlers and police should be consistent in their indignation respecting Brooks murder. Let the settlers dispose of coloured mistresses so that the only trouble rankling in the native mind, besides a few kicks and curses, may be the question of hunger owing to a drought.” SHIPPING TRADE. SYDNEY, Nov. 10. The Harbour Trust Commissioner’s report for the year ended June 30th. shows that the number of vessels which entered Kvdnev Harbour totalled 7,802 of a gross tonnage of 15.808.000, being ■5(50 fewer vessels than the previous year, due largely to industrial disturbances and slackness of the coal tiade.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1928, Page 5
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