AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 30 April 1929, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

LAND PARTY ARRIVES.

NO NEWS YET,

j £ ■ (Australian Press Association)

(United Service.)

(Received this day at 9.25. a.m.) SYDNEY, April 30.

'The land party which left Wave Hill on April 23rd arrived at tho Kookaburra yesterday. As the Air Force planes guiding the. party had to return to tho base no report was obtained. Flying Officer Ryan will Jlv out again to-day to get news. A shTulnge of water and tho difficult nature of the country were the reasons for the delay in the expedition’s progress. All the party, however, are in good health.

MURDEROUS ATTACK

ON A TIMBER WORKER

SYDNEY, April. 30. ; Punched and kicked into insensibility and left for dead in the street, was the fate of Morris Reid, aged.2B, a timber worker, who was assaulted at Glebe. Reed’s skull was fractured and lie may not recover.

This latest attack brings the- toll of victims to twenty. Some are still in hospital in a serious condition.

EMPLOYERS MOVE

MELBOURNE, April 30,

. The employers have taken steps to force a settlement of the timber strike. Every building idb in the metropolitan area will be shut down at 5 p.m. by order of the Master Federation of Victoria' throwing (seven thousand men idle., 7, be no resumption until' agree to handle < blagk*)ti*riHC© r ' until the. strike is settled 1 . ” ,' ' * It is expectefl'.'a^furtl^T.fiye,.thousand men in auxiliary 'trstde^.irilF-he-'out of work by the end of ;th£( week.

AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

(Received this day at 11 a.m.)

SYDNEY, April 30.

According to the latest oversea trade bulletin, during the last financial year there was a serious decline in Australia’s oversea trade amounting to £18,698,921 sterling compared with the preceding twelve months. The value of trade during the financial year was £291,158,040 sterling. There was a considerable improvement in trade with British comitries, which represented fifty-two per cent of the total of Australian trade* ■ •, ;

POSTAL OFFICER’S DEATH. MEBOURNE, April 30

Obituary—Suddenly. G. G. Haldane, Chief Finance Inspector of the Commonwealth Postal Services, aged 55. He came from Nelson, New Zealand- Haldane was . acting-Postmast(?i-Genoral during Brown’s absence in England and America last year.