AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 December 1928, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

BROWNINGS IN AUSTRALIA

Australian Press A^sn.—United Service

SYDNEY. December 27

Mr William A. Mills, of Uadry Station, Hay. a prominent stud sheep breeder* was drowned while bathing in a dam in the Hav district.

Another bathing •fatality occurred at Mildura, where the Rev Reginald Tuck, an Anglican clergyman, lost bis life in the Murray River.

NEW GUINEA' GOLD

SYDNEY, December 28

The shipments of gold from New Guinea into Australia during the past year have totalled 90,592 ounces, worth approximately 6216,797.

N.S.W. COMPANIES’ CAPITAL

SYDNEY., December 28

The new limited liability companies registered in New South Wales during the year just closing have had a nominal capital of approximately forty millions sterling;‘<as [‘indicated in tlio documents they have 1 [lodged with the Registrar-General. In’addition, ninety- . . .1 . five existing companies have increased their capital by £8,794,155. The new companiesregistered totalled 759.

N.S.W. PROPERTY SALES

SYDNEY, .’December 28

It is estimated that*the real estate sale of city and suburban property in this State this year was eight and a-lialf millions sterling,, which is slightly lower than 1927.

City property turnover shows a decrease, both on account of the desire to hold on, and to the dearth ol investors at present high values.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND

SUICIDE.

(Received this day at 8.30. a.m.)

MELBOURNE, Dec. 29

Thomas Arblaster, aged fifty-six, a dairy man, to-day wished his housekeeper, Margaret Smith, aged 52, a happy New Year, and then lired a revolver wounding her .in the neck and shoulder. He turned Jtlie weapon on himself and fell deadl » The motive is undisclosed, hut it js believed that Smith refused to maiiTy him.

WOOL EXPORT.

(Received this day at 10.30. a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 29.

Ships of seven nations will have carried away seventy-three thousand bales of wool valued at one million and eighty-five thousand sterling this week from Sydney, when the vessels fixed to sail to-day leave port. The export this week is the. heaviest of the season.

REFLOATED.

SYDNEY, Dec. 29

The stranded steamer Morinda, after being aground at Dedele for sixteen days has been refloated. After a survey at Port Moresby, the vessel returns to Sydney for docking.

COMMUNIST CONFERENCE

SYDNEY, Dec. 29

A Communist Conference at Sydney endorsed the proposal that Communist candidates should oppose Labour candidates at the forthcoming elections in Queensland. An attempt will probably he made to form a left wing of the Labour Party, composed of the, dissatisfied in the present Labour party.

MEN RELEASED.

ADELAIDE, Dec. 29

• *.’ Three men detained in connection with the death of Gustaf Lindholin, cabled yesterday have been released. An inquest will lie held.

SHOOTING.

HOBART, Dec. 29.

C. Rodman Hox, who twice represented Tasmania in the Commonwealth rifle matches won the Tasmanian King’s prize with 277 points. E. Dan was second, C. Williams, third, and D. Davis, fourth*’’