AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1930, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

RAIL v. AIOTOIt.

(Australian Press Association)

SYDNEY, April 11

The Graziers’ Conference to-day passed a resolution favouring a preference to railway transport for farmers’ goods and produce as against motor carriage, but the Conference will suggest lower freights cm wool and live stock.

COURSING

SYDNEY, April 12

At Rooty Hills, in the New South Wales Derby (winner £l7O, runner-up £54) in the deciding course, C. N. Hlaitwelil’s dog Returned, bent Miss Sidell’s Rose View, and won the event. The latter obtained the lead, but Returned overtook him and reached the hare by a length and killed it. For the Woodstock Cup (winner £75. runner,up £25) in the deciding course. T. A. Williams’ Hadrian beat A. Carter’s Cinbon and won.

THE COAL DISPUTE

(Received this dav at 9.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 11. The Emergency Committee of the Australian Council of Trades Union. 1 decided to intervene in the coal dispute and steps are being taken tbring the parties together once again

SHIPO WNETI S CONCERN

MELBOURNE,

April 11

Shipowners view with concern tin Federal Government intervention oi behalf of the "Watersicier "Worker: Federation, whereby it is intended t< specifv by regulation common pic-kin; up places for vessels at the o Melbourne and Adelaide. The Ship owners point out volunteer worker: abject to having to come into elos( contact with former strikers, unde conditions which expose them to un due risks, and while the owners an prepared to obey the law they an determined to fulfil their promise t< volunteer® giving them preference ii employment.

PAPER PRICES

SYDNEY, April 12.

The “Sun” and “Evening News” which last Monday raised their price: to a penny half-penny will to-day revert to the former price of one penny.

SETTLERS GOMEL ATX. MELBOURNE, April 12

Serious breaches of the terms of tin agreement under which they settled oi ihe land in Victoria, are alleged b; members of a deputation representin' British Overseas Settlers’ Assn., and Imperial ex-Service League, whirl vaited on the Minister of La mb. Bailev.

Requests were made for the establishment of a Public Board of Inquiry to investigate the conditions on whirl British settlers claimed they had been induced to leave England, to settle in Australia One member of the deputation declared the plan under which the settlers came to Australia was a confidence trick on a grand scale. A deputation from the Association later waited on the Governor, and presented it. petition addresser] to the King, stilting that complaints of the settlors to the Victorian Government and been consistently ignored or set aside.