AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1929, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

STREET ROBBERIES

(Australian Press Association)

SYDNEY, March 10.

Robberies of women in the street, bag snatching, and similar offences were increasingly common in the city yesterday. A girl clerk who was taking money to bank had the bag grabbed in a crowded part of King Street, it man getting clear with over £l5O.

EMPLOYERS’ ATTITUDE. SYDNEY, March 11

McDonald, Chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, announced a refusal- to negotiate further with the Miners’ Federation on the ground that the latter’s dilly-dallying had rendered conferences futile.

Trades Hall officials to-day declared every effort should be made to defeat any effort by McDonald to carry out his threat to deal direct with the men and expressed confidence that no miner would deal with the owners.

DOUBLE TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, March 11

A tragedy occurred in a North Sydney boarding house at the week-end. The bodies of Elizabeth Selby (waitress) and Albert McNaughton (formerly a jockey) were found to-day. Shots were heard on Saturday morning, but the sounds were attributed to motor cars. It is believed to have been a death pact. McNaughton was married hut living apart from his wife.

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES. MELBOURNE, March 11

Hopes are entertained that the Industrial Disputes Board of Chamber Manufacturers to wjtieh has been transferred the control of the timber strike will effect a speedy end to the trouble. Many unions involved are perturbed at the serious state of affairs reached wdtich is growing worse daily. Tt is stated that a request from the Union headquarters for a round table conference would probably be granted. Five hundred men employed tit the Ford Motor Works at Geelong were dismissed as a result of the timber strike and additional dismissals are pending.