AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 December 1930, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

SETTLING DISPUTES.

(Australian Press Association.)

SYDNEY, Dec. 5

"When the Assistant-Minister for Labour (Mr Ely) visited the South Coast on Friday, he discovered that 250 men on the local relief works had gone on strike. He dismissed the ganger and the men went buck to work. “1 learned that the over-bearing attitude of the ganger was the cause of " the trouble I ascertained, pilso that lie was receiving holiday pay for his re gular job while doing ' the work of a ganger,” isaid Mr 'Ely. Another ganger sacked by the Minister, was in charge of a gang at a city works. He dismissed a workman who arrived five minutes late-owing to the tram being held up, but took no auction against another man who arrived later, The other men’on the job protested and the ganger sacked ’ the whole 200,” said Air Ely. “I sacked him.”

END OF MEAT STRIKE. . SYDNEY, December 5. A mass meeting of fifteen hundred strikers belonging to the Meat Employees’ Union to-day decided to -resume work on Tuesday in accordance with the Industrial Commission’s direction (as cabled). WOMAN’S TERRIBLE FATE; SYDNEY, December 5. A weather board cottage at Collan, gatta was burned, from which Mrs Tooley, with her clothes blazing, rushed to a neighbour’s place. She was veritably a human torch, every vestige of her apparel being burned: She arrived at the neighbour’s place in her shoes, and she died in a few minutes.

PASSENGER. DIES

ABOARD THE AORANGI

(Received this day at 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 6,

W. H. Parsons, eighty-four,' who joined the Aorangi at ‘Auckland, became seriously ill off the Australian coast on Thursday night. Arrangements were made to transfer him yes terday to the Ulinia’roa to which he was hurried in a car just before sailing time, but the officers of the steamer considered he was too ill to travel home, and he was returned to the Aorangi. Soon after) being carried up the gangway he died.

LABOUR CAUCUS. CANBERRA, Dec. 6. j Strong dissatisfaction with the relations existing between the Federal Ministry and Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Bank was expressed at a meeting of the Labour caucus, Although tho meeting sat until midnight no resolution was agreed to The discussion will be renewed 'by the caucus on Wednesday. N.S.W. POLITICS. SYDNEY, Dec. 6. There were no further developments • y in regard to the abolition of the Legislative Council, but it is reported if the President of the Council refuses to send the Abolition Bill for Roya! assent, steps twill be taken by the Government to have him. removed fjrom office. A FIDELITY FUND. BRISBANE. Dec. 6. A Bill parsed all stages in the Legislative Assembly to set up a fidelity fund to cover defalcations of dishonest solicitors. The measure was drafted by LavInstitute for protection of investors trust funds. Nobody will be allowed to practice as a solicitor or attorney unless a contributor to this fund. ARREST ON MURDER CHARGE. SYDNEY, December *5. Detectives who, in all States, have dovered thousands of miles in searching for the murderer of Alena Griffiths. aged 12. at Bentleigli, near Alelbourne. as cabled on November 12, today arrested in Sydney, Robert Alc--Mahon, aged 36, labourer, on a provisional warrant from Victoria, charging him with the murder of the girl, . who was outraged before her death. AtALOLO AT SUVA. (Received thi« dny et. 9.40 a.m.) SUVA, December 6. Arrived—Ma-1010 from Auckland at 8.30. She sails at 5 p.m.