AUSTRALIAN NEWS
alleged military deserter. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. (By Telegraph.--Press Assn.--Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, June 3, An extraordinary ytnry is related hy Reg Harkines. who is on the Makura, in practically the same circumstances as the Paul Freeman case. ILcrkinos explained that he was arrested in t’anada as a deserter early in the year and placed on the Niagara. He escaped at Honolulu, hut was re-arrested, a.nd placed on the Makura. He was not allowed to Land in Camida nr Australia, and \va.- compelled to cri-s-emss the Pacific indefinitely.
Harkines cont r ’nds that it is a rase of mistaken identity, saying another Harkines is the real deserter, which view i< shared by the chief engineer and officers of the vessel. Harkines i.s a native of Nebraska, but possesses an alien registration certificate. THE I,WAY, PRISONERS. ACTION BY SYDNEY LEMPERS. SYDNEY, Juno 3. The wharf labourers an- demanding the release of the I.VVA\. prisoners within a month, failing which a stop-work meeting will be held to consider what action shall be taken. STEAMER LARES. IN(TEASES ANN(JUNCED. SYDNEY, June 3. Passenger lares to the Pacific Coast, ports hate loan increased 10 per cent. Fares to intermediate ports are also increased.
NATIONAL RU LE MEETING. ENGLISHMEN EXPECTED TO COMPETE SYDNEY. June 3. The ream of English riflemen is expected in Sydney in October to compete at the National Title Association's fifty-sixth annual meeting at which there will be prizes totalling LtioOO. The cru< k shots of Australasia. are expected to participate. THE DROUGHT BROKEN. GOOD RAINS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, June 3, Beneficial rainfall? are continuing over the western portion of the. State embracing n wide area. The rain producing disturbances tire slowly moving eastward.
THE WEATHER CLEARING. SYDNEY, June 3. (Received June 4, 12.35 a.m.) The rain area has contracted considerably, and the weather is becoming tine except in the south-west. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DATE. SYDNEY, June 3. (Received June 3, 9 pun. i The subscriptions to the State loan total £1,160,000.
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Southland Times, Issue 18839, 4 June 1920, Page 5
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338AUSTRALIAN NEWS Southland Times, Issue 18839, 4 June 1920, Page 5
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