AUSTRALIA
fBY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] NUFFIELD GIFT. >1 ... MELBOURNE, February 17. Lord Nuffield l.has aMounced that he is giving £lOOO to th'e dependents of the 12 men killed in the Wonthaggi mine disaster. * Nine bodies have been recovered, leaving four to be found. HORSE’S RECOM SYDNEY; ’ A new Australian high jump the Tenterfield.. when the .owned by Charles Perry aridihliddWby Bill Barton, cleared Bft. 3iii£y .JBkwi CARADALE-fRELEASED -. February IS. The Uiiipm SteaimShip.Company, as plaintiff, the Cara--dale, -which yraswgrt^g^d.. following ‘the Issue of a writ:'for’ ; £so,ooo. damages /against theS-SpiP’ and'-her 'cargo and freight, was-’reiqafie.d yesterday. Following,the,issue ...of jq release order by the High.Copft,’rtM Sheriff visited the < Caradalej 'ahdy removed: the writ and• arrest-warr&ntA from the mast. ‘ The ship is expgetfed to resume her shortly. TRADE WITH U.S.A. " CANBERRA; February 18. Sir H. Gullett*.states'that trade between Australia and the United States for the six months ended December 31, did-not show a favourable balance, as-had'been stated. ‘ Australian exports included gold and gold specie, which were not take into the trading accounts between the countries. "The new position, however, shows a refreshing improvement upon the average balance in recent half-yearly periods.”
CATHOLIC LAWYERS. SYDNEY, February 18. A barrister, commenting on Father Murphy’s statement (published yesterday) declares: “It is definitely appreciated by those conversant with canon law, that Catholic lawyers can defend or act for a petitioner with lawful cause in the Divorce Courts of this or any other country, where divorce is legal divorce only. In the Catholic mind, there is no possibility of a dissolution of the marriage bond being effected, as against the Church, by legal divorce proceedings. The Church ~ views a: divorce decree as effecting a separation only. A by appearing in such proceedings; is certainly not acting contrary to canon.' i«-."
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 February 1937, Page 7
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