AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1930, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

' NARROW ESCAPE.

FROM DROWNING FATALITY.

(Australian Press Association.)

(Received this day at 8 a.no.) SYDNEY, November 22. Mrs Mowsar and her four year old daughter were thrown into a dam at Marrar, southern New South Wales, due to the oveturning of a sulky when a pony shied. Her husband, a local farmer, was unable to swim. He rushed to the spot ) tied : a ' rope' round his body and attached the' other - end to a fence, waded in beyond his depth and recovered the bodies separately. He blew down the victims throats and breathing gradually returned. Neighbours were summohed and applied orthodox resuscitation methods. The daughter - was soon completely - normal, hut the wife was seven hours in recovering. '

NATIONAL DEBT FUNDS'

SYDNEY, November 22,

Funds totalling', £31,981,000 stef* ling have been handled by the Nation?! Debt Commission since the establishment of a sinking fund in 1923 anA £31,407,000 has been paid for the re demption of debt during this period, , » V. ‘ 4 * * * •

DREDGES BURNED.

ADELAIDE, November .21; U-

The Government dredge on Lake ; ; (. Torrens was burned to the' water’s edge. The loss is . estimated a*. £3OOO. ;

SYDNEY PUBLICANS’ REQUEST; : i

HART) HIT BY' I>EPRE6S!ON.

'; SYDNEY,) November. ;^!. , The hotelkeepers, have .been so severely hit by .the prevailing , depression; that they,are urging the Govern »• merit,to permit-an'extension ,of trading; hours' from j 6 p.m. .to ,9 p.m. ; The. Cabinet. has promised consideration" of the request. The Liquor Trades’ Union is strongly ; opposed ,to; any, extension of the hours.; .. , 5 } AIRMEN’S ; TOUR. OF; N.-Z.TOWNS; - r - .v; - . SYDNEY, Nov. 22. The airmen Garden'"arid ' Haig will make a flying tour of both Islands cf New Zealand.' They.id - ill spend some weeks visiting townships which have arranged receptions in Garden’s ‘ honour. * ' ’

, MEAT SUPPLY. , SYDNEY, Nov. 22. . Assurances are given by Master Butchers. that ndequnte supplies of meat will be available to-the public during the week end. (n . HUNGER STRIKE. ’ SYDNEY, Nov. 22. . Communists sentenced on 20th No - vember, commenced a hunger . strike at Long Bay gaol. ; . AUSTRALIAN GROWERS. CANBERRA, Nov. 21. In moving the adjournment of the Federal House of Representatives today, Mi- Stewart described as lesperate the plight of the wheat growers in Australia. He asked the government to oome to their assistance with some form of financial, aid. He *aH that the wheat price was less than V’- - per. bushel net to . the growers. H, expected that their aggregate losses if nothing Wore clone, would reac,: twenty millions sterling. The motion was talked out.