AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1930, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF

A writ claiming £2OO from the Palais Royal de Danse, Sydney, .has been issued out of the N.S.W. Supreme Court on behalf of the EnglancL Australia flyer, Miss .Johnson. The. amount involved is declared to be tiny figure agreed upon iby A’liss jolinsoii and tbe Palais management for Miss Johnson’s appearance at a ball during her stay at Sydney.

Final analysis of the contents .of the stomach of Freda Webster, 20,' found dead in mysterious circtim-. stancos at Coolnxon a fortnight .pgb,. have disclosed that she died from poisoning from carbon monoxide in- ( lialed while sitting over the dining room fire. Poor ventilation was Planted also. . ..

While rain poured clown in on Saturday night' last, 50 Seventh Day stood Inircdieaded r ,pi.i Botany Bay Beach while a convert t,q, their faith was baptised in the .watei-? of the bay. . •

The (Jerks’ Union of New Soiifli, Wales has filed new claims : with . tlie.. Industrial • Registrar,.. : ,gyti.uey,.,.JtlWv union,.tseeks., morning .and .afternoon tea and a 85-Kou.r week. Typists asking for £7 4s a week and, copras-, pondeuce clerks £9 13s. Accoinitapts are 1 asking for £ls to £2O a ,yvee.lv: puiiiimiim, while Customs clerks,, jfhq ;have had considerable extra work since the sales tax came into force, want £l2 12s. Most of the-.claimsyayd: almost double the amount's now being 'received. , . .

Australian Tariff. Board figures shouv that' Australia, imported. 600.000. sets, jof. playing’ c;air<is,l. .valued!' at. during tlia year ended on June 30, 1930. C:

' Having had his lingers cauglilh Ojji the cogs of a. .machine n» a jboxmaking | factory at Redfern, Sydney v on; Mon 4 day, Thomas Dillon <4O) stood lor four hour's while his workmates drillled and sawed away the ggar wheel.-• .

Yfhen police . in Melbourne,. house ill Carlton on .Saturday last" they discovered 50 Italians living on the premises with fifteen Australian.,

girls, whoso a&es ranged -from 17,'-'to 21. Most ol the I tal’ians. and a|l, igu-is were drunk when the police, e‘i]rl tered the house. •’ ",

There is a l>ig. possibility _ that hew' j legislation to be brought before Vii torian Parliament will Drovi'cle ]for the taxing of winning diets . at : racecourses. .........

• , Speaking at ..a farewell luncheon held at Canberra on Wednesday before leaving foil - the Imperial ference in London, Mr Scullin. 'Prime •Minister of Australia, said ■ that -‘ii'e ,was not going to London to lie-'satf ion. “I will not ib© a suppliant. Australia is still a great nation able to 'pay her way,” he declared. .TSh