AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 November 1928, Page 7

AUSTRALIA

(Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) WESTRALIAN OIL CANBERRA, Nov. 9.' Doctor Woolnough, geological adviser to the Commonwealth Government, confirms the earlier statement that there are distinctly good prospects of obtaining crtide oil at , Kimberley, Westralia. A SEAMEN'S* UNION. SYDNEY, November 9. A meeting of over three hundred seamen passed a resolution expelling Tom Walsh from the Union on the ground that he was guilty of betrayal of confidence on vital union matters, and that he had aided the formation of another union in Australia. HARBOUR STATISTICS. SYDNEY, November 10. The Harbour Trust Commissioners’ report for the year ended June 30 shows that the number* of vessels which entered Sydney harbour totalled 7802, of a gross tonnage of 15,808,000, being 566 fewer vessels than in the previous year, due largely to industrial disturbances and slackness of the coal trade. BUSH FIRES. SYDNEY, November Q.. Two hundred homes in the hilltop district are .threatened with bush fires. >' Fifty fire fighters from Mittagong were out all night, and have not been heard from yet. Forty reinforcements have gone to the scene. The 21-year-old daughter of Dr Heggaton was burned to death at Murrumburrah. There is a serious shortage of water in the city, which ife causing concern.

“DUEL” WITH SWORDS. SYDNEY, November 9. What is believed to have been a duel with cavalry swords occurred at Daflinghurst this afternoon, resulting in William Gibbs being treated in the hospital for wounds in the hand. Later, the police arrested a man, who 'has been charged with inflicting the injury. The parties are not communicative. They are said, to be old soldier comrades. They had an argument, and the sword-plaoy followed. One< denies the duel. The other' says it was < a fair fight.