AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1930, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MOTOR CAR TOLL. (Australian Press Association) SYDNEY, Feb. 21. Motor accidents in tin; metropolitan area last year caused 239 deaths. UNEMPLOYED. SYDNEY, Feb. 21. The Secretary of the Labour Coiin<4Hi Mr Garden, declares there are at least forty thousand unemployed workers’ in Sydney. WESTRALI AN FLOODS. PERTH, Feb. 21. Torrential rains throughout a large portion of the country traversed b.v the east and west railway caused wash a ways in several places. The east-bound express with the steamer Orford’s mail, is held up at Loongana and the passengers are expected to be marooned there for several days. A mail aeroplane was detained at Forrest where a flooded landing ground prevents ; t taking off. ” The west-bound train is also detained.

CITY NOISES. ■ SYDNEY MOVEMENT. SYDNEY, February 20. -A deputation from a new Health Society is seeking Government aid towards the abatement of noises. Ihe chief complaint was against trams motor cycles, motor horns, roosteis •barking dogs, and rock drills, which were described as lmdoous, serious!,\ affecting public health and causing loss of efficiency. ■ The'’Minister of Health, Dr Arthui, sympathised with the deputation, and promised to make representation t<> Cabinet. He ventured an opinion that the jazz and the talkies, which he dubhed as the “squawkies,” were even worse than anything the deputation mentioned. A U STR ALI A’S MILIT JA. 20,000 YOHUNTERS SO FAR. SYDNEY, February 20. Major-General Brand, Second-in-Commaiid of the General Staff, stated in an address to the Millions (lub that Australia’s new militia, which will be dressed in more attractive uniforms than hitherto, would approximate thirty five thousand, but in would be capable of expansion in ease olf aggression to. 180,000. The average age of the twenty thousand who already have volunteered was 23 years He hoped that employers would enable trainees to take the fullest advantage of the annual camps. Their attitude would be the deciding factor in the success of the volunteer force.

> 41R.-SCULLIN’S INTEXTIONS. CANBERRA,'Fob. 21. ' Mr ■Scullin announces that the steps taken by the lotc Government to lease. Cockatoo Island dockyard privately have been discontinued. The works will be retained and the only retrenchment will he the dismissal o| some extra men put on for refitting the Canberra recently; , SOLICITOR’S LAPSE, iBRISBANE, Feb. 21. Robert McCmvnn, a solicitor, was committed for trial on a charge of converting £3150 sterling of' clients money to his own use. Accused told a detective that bookmakers got most of it. TASMANIAN AFFAIRS. HOBART, Feb. 21. Members of the Federal Public Accounts Committee visiting tho west coast in collection with the State’s claim for increased assistance from the Commonwealth, inspected Mount Lyell mines. The manager of the mines (Air Afurray) gave evidence that since 1 SOI the works had produced 2,27,000 tons of copper, 14 millions ounces of silver.. 394• thousand ounces of gold. If labour and other conditions remained unchanged tho life of the field alight be estimated at twenty years. Tim company was hampered by customs duties on machinery, which though it could not be made in Australa bad been a heavy impost. ’ New plant, costing six thousand sterling in America and not economically obtainable elsewhere, would be charged three* thousand sterling duty on arrival.