AUSTRALIAN NEWS
. SERIQUS EXPLOSION. (Australian Press Association) (Received this day at 1.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb'.' 28. Three Serbians received frightful injuries when a charge of blasting powder exploded premiaturely in metal quarries at Berrima. It i.s thought that sparks from an iron tamping rod ignited the powder. The three blown up were found many yards from tiie scene of the explosion. Two, George Grego-vitcli and Frederick Stepni, arc not expected to recover.
I POLICY OF PROTECTION. SYDNEY, February 28. Speaking at Albury, the Minister of Markets declared the Federal Government uncompromisingly adhered to the policy of protection believing, 80 per cent, of the 160 millions sterling worth of imported goods could be manufactured, in Australia. REFERENDUM BILL. SYDNEY) February 28. The Legislative Council passed the Referendum Bill unamended. RAILWAY RITES. SYDNEY, February 28. The Chief Railway Commissioner re), terates his determination to run the railways as a business concern and hints that farmers who send wool to market by road will no longer receive rebates on the transport of starving stock by rail. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. SYDNEY, Feb. 28. A terrific explosion at Forbes followed by a mysterious fire destroyed several shops. FEDERAL TRADE. CANBERRA, Feb. 28. Referring to cabled London comments on the exchange position, Mr Seullin says Australia’s adverse trade .balance must be corrected and export* increased. LOAN APPLICATIONS. CANBERRA, Feb. 28. Nineteen thousand applications have been received for t,he Federal .conversion loan. Ope from an Insurance Company was, fpr. a million sterling.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19300228.2.46
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1930, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
245AUSTRALIAN NEWS Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1930, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in