AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1929, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE. Yi. (Australian Press Association).' (Received this day at 11.25. a.m.) ; SYDNEY, June 19. One of the greatest, changes in. wind velocity ever recorded was registered when two strong gusts struck SVdne.v late yesterday. .On, the first occasion the barograph needle . registered between four and eight miles qii hour and jumped to forty. A rainfall squall followed and the wind dropped. -When a second gust struck . the city, the needle rose from ten to fifty-six (miles. No lives were lost but roofs were, torn off,, windows smashed,, trees uprooted, wireless aerials blown away, and boats sunk in the harbour-. ATTACKS ON WORKERS. “ MELBOURNE, June 19. Jjg Attacks were made, on the homes two non-striking timber wooers night. An attempt was made to fire to the stables of W. Spikoh, Yarraville. The incendinrists placed bomb and bottle filled with inflammabljMj! spirit in the stables in which were horses. Before the flames serious proportions, the horses loose. J. Blakey’s home at Footscray bombarded . with stones and alt <i windows smashed. ARGENTINE VISITOR, SYDNEY, June £6. B Mr S. Mackinnon, of Argentine,--rived here to buy merino . rams,,:and |H ewes. He will go to New Zealand to V buy Merinos and Corriedales. -(• ■ EFFORT TO STOP STRIKE..- J MELBOURNE, June 19.' V Another effort to end the timber strike is being made by the Lord Mayor H who has convened a conference of the ■ parties. 1 JOCKEY’S DEATH. jl MELBOURNE, June 19. 1 The jockey, Ellis', who was seriously 1 injured when Jollity fell at a brush J steeple at Mentone a week ago, died I to-day. 1