AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1930, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MEAT STRIKE. (Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY", November 26. The latest developments an the meat strike is a, proposal by the Labour caucus and Trade Union representatives that the Government should control the metropolitan meat industry. The idea is to vest control of all slaughtering at the city abbatoir in the Meat Board which also would have charge of the distribution of supplies to retail shops. These functions at present are carried out by a group of carcase butchers some of whom raise their own stock and conduct many suburban shops. STRUCK GOLD. A GOOD REEE. SYDNEY, November 26. Darwin reports that two prospectors named Luck and Captain Kettle have struck a rich gold reef near East Margaret River, Grove Hill, North Australia. It is also stated that Manners and another prospector are on good gold in the same district. REPORTED MISSING. , -SUVA, Nov. 25. : Later reports' state the centre of tiro storm lias passed., ...over Buresalu, on the west coast of Ovalaux. There fe. an ■ unconfirmed? rqpprfe, •wyjt Mr Lang, a Seventh Day Adventist teacher and seven Fijian youths, are missing, and are believed to be lost- . The Government is despatching tn motor yacht “Adi Beti” to search for. them. ■ . COMMUNISTS AND MILITANTS. SYDNEY, November 25. The opening of the New South Wales State Parliament to-day was marked by some rioting in the streets. There were ugly encounters between the Communists and militant Unionists and a large force of the police. Twelve arrests were made. Three persons were injured, including a constable. FURTHER DETAILS. SYDNEY, November 25. Carrying red flags and banners, a procession of two hundred men and women attempted to march on Pailiament House to-day. The police stopped them. The police seized thenbanners, and tore them from the sticks. A scene resembling pandemonium followed. Sticks crashed on the heads of the police, to an accompaniment of insults and threats. The police had to draw tlieir batons. They then scattered the mob. They-bundled the ring leaders into a patrol waggon. Several women were among those arrested. A. small deputation of unemployed afterwards waited on the Premier.,. Mr ■Lang, and urged him to provide work for thousands who were on the verge qf starvation. )