AUSTRALIAN NEWS
ASSOCIATED BANKS MOVE
(Australian Press Association)
MELBOURNE, A|nil 16
The Associated Banks of Victoria opjiose the Federal Government’s jirojio.siil to establish a centra,! reserve bank on the ground that the time is inopportune. Such measures would hamper hank’s efforts to assist Federal and State Governments. It was [jointed out the Reserve Bank would do no more at present than the Commonwealth Bank was doing.
EX-POL ICE.) IA X S K N'I’ENC ED
MELBOURNE, April 16
Ex-|>ol iceman Edward Henry Maloney was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment on charges oi robbery unuer arms in various Melbourne suburbs, where lie held up people at revolver point and obtained small sums of money and disappeared on a motor cycle.
WATER SI DELS
600 PERMANENTS AT ADELAIDE
ADELAIDE, April 16
The shipowners here forestalled an attempt by the Federation men to revert to the original pre-strike picking up places by appointing about fife hundred volunteer waterside workers as permanent hands. It is feared this will lend to a recurrence of riots.
A COMING FLY. SYDNEY, April 17. Smith and Sbiers intend to bop off on Saturday' for England.
ANOTHER FIRE VICTIM. BRISBANE, April 17
A second victim of the disastrous fire at Jericho, cabled yesterday, Walter Miuston, lias died. The damage is estimated at £IO,OOO sterling.
ARRESTS FOR MURDER. TOWNSVILLE, April 17. Two arrests were made following Hie recent shooting of Robert Curry, the Palm Island Superintendent, Iby an aboriginal. The arrests followed the decision of the Government to prosecute certain persons involved in the tragedy. One is an aboriginal who is alleged o have fired the shot that killed Curry as lie landed on the beach. The second man is an official who will be charged with counselling the execution of the crime.
WIRELESS TELEPHONE. , MELBOURNE, April 17.
A wireless telephone service between England and Australia will he inaugurated on 30th April by a conversation between the Prime Ministers, Mr MacDonald and Mr Scullin. The service will be available for commercial use in Sydney and Melbourne. The charge will he two pounds per minute with a minmium charge of £6. - k ■
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1930, Page 5
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