AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 April 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A I'STF.A 1.1. V V AM) N.Z. CABI.F. ASSOCIATION. COST OF LIVING. (Received this day at 8 a. 111.) .SYDNEY, April 10. The Dual'll of' Trade has increased the innl" living wage liy one .-hilling to tJ 19s. and of femnld bv sixnence. to £2 weekly. At the yearling sales M. Hobbs purchased tie Tres.sady-l.ilentre c-olt for 269 guineas. A Edgar purchased a Lile.'iere-.Sylvanell filly for T>o; Mr Shepherd if Kiug-Telumoh colt for ninety. IIfCKSON MISSION. (Received this day at S a.in.) SYDNEY. April 16. Tie- i I i-k-iHi Ali-sion has oi.'cned at Goulbiirn Cathedral which was crowded with sufferers, bit tlie pre-s and public were not admitted. No sudden curt's are reported. A QUERY. ME!,]{(> URN E. April Rb The Italion Consul-General has ollicially prote-ted to tli ■ (loveruiiieiit agimi-t the embargo on Boccaeio s book De Cameron. GATTI.E AND HORSES. XEW ZHA GANDER'S DISADPOr.NTEP. (Received this dav at O ,Ji) a.in.) SYDNEY, April 11. Another New Zealander Mr P. Ruclinnau, the well-known t attle breedei. expressed disappointiuent at the ipudity of the Ayrshire- and Fresituts exhibited at the Royal Show. He considered then) far helmv New Zealand standard in these .Tas-c-. Similarly 1i,.. draught horse exhibits were not until pm able with wlvil New Zealand cmihl slow, while the light horse breeds bad lietei iorateil very con-ob rabl.v since he hist visited Australia, twenty years ago, bill New Zealand had nothing to crow about in this re--pect. ]>: eedel's seemed to he cmiceutra ting in produeiiig an animal of tar too light a type. New Zealand could |,.;iin a gieat deal from Sydney in Shuw mi’.nP.ULincul

I'Ri ip KsSltjN AI. CONTROL. (Received this day at sjil'l a.in.) SYDNEY, April 11. •| |;.. Uniwrsiti Sports Union declined li:,. api'lii ate a m the University Ainj. | ( ~,g::e 15 1,1 ball (Tub for v.fTiliai ton. on the alieged ground tlvt Ihe element i !' prefessimial emitro! e> islcl jl , I g,,\. ■ milelit of tile New South Wales I'O ..|,v I and it w as not m L ' : intei -is of university sport llu-.t a con-til 1: 'lit elu!) of a s pori-; union slniuid part a-ipal ' m a game in 1 w ill h lll'.' e'en of jo "tes-ional cm:- | tml . i.-tad. A ! A ITU 11 KA I .Kll. i! US<I U. I > RY IN VAI •ID: b SYDNEY. April HI. The tow 11 Cl! Goiilluirn is at present dven-iowdeil with -ick and imiKileltl ielk. av,aiiine; Hickson, an i'.nglish faith healer, at his opening mission. Twelve hundred patii id's in all (Te arec.- i>i imp it. m-y, wi'Di lb iv i. l.i- ,- and ati vtehi’.iis, have invade.l 11,,. pH. ... The heels .1 iiil boarding-' !„,n- 0 s are packed lo the utnio-t. Mrnv jirivaie liotnes have Imm u open- j e l in,! the \ lit 1 ; oveGl'iw, and are j d-, I'liilig ill lent . Various eiiurcie s ;ii :• c.iiiiliinin.u - ill p! • • p:t ri 11 ; j>;U n i*»r j iliek-oll's recent mi- dole; in Tasmania j ain 1 Victoria v.uieh. il h- claimed, rc- j Sillied 111 a minder care.-. In 1 lie nullin' pics-, contention coll- j , bines 111 rage round 11 icksmi's healing j powi r. lie del hire- that It is as easy lor , him to her I organic di-ea e-. lilt" < an- . eer. a. anything el-e. I (1! JI! R Y 11\Y N ERS ni-'t ISIGN. j li:,',e,V".| Ibis Ja,\ ~1 1110 a,i11. 1 . SYDNEY, April IL Colliery owners in the 1101 thorn lields ided to I lose the mine.- at which ] the miners have -tru. until sumo | "-Itaralll.ee m' cmilinui: *• i- given. Over j 6.men are idle. Cabinet considered Ibe po-itioli of j .Magistrai-' Crane, aiat decided not In j tiraiii the miner 4 -* ru-tjnest j ] t iin. v.U'Ali COLI.K(iK. SYDNEY, April I! | Tlie .Minister of Defence innjioses | li-Laiiiing Ihe Naval ( allege and Dan-j tre.oll for pttying students, a- well as naval military cadets, students will mil enter the army or navy, but will proceed to the Univer-ity for acoiitinuanee of Uieir edueaiiou whatever the spi. ere -elected. AGAINST WATER ROWER. SYDNEY, April II M, l-'iirbcs M.acKay. the city electrical migineer. is advising the City ( miniil to burn coal in generating elcciricity in pre!cr.-nt-e to the proposed bydro-eb-etrie schemes. He says 1 1;;.,*,. ;i,o no la Igo lit dro-eleei lic prn,,.,Mtioi!K in N-'W Smith Wales which 1[ j.; ad \iirr.m a cnmnicivial slamhioiiit. 1 1 develop. Referriii'C to l!,e Snowy River, scheme, he said to sate a C 1 i*< 1.0.1' 1 coal bill yearly. it would be neces-aiv to lay out millions, with an interest bill of .‘.'IAtUMMi ayen r. SALE OF STO( K. SYDNEY, April 11 The tola! yec.rUngs sold at the recent sales was 15911 for LTO,,2:>J guineas. RAINEALI.. SYDNEY. April 11. Further rain is rejmited in the ne.rlli coast dairying di-tricts : also tails in the north-west plains. FEDERAL DECISIONS. 1 Received this day at 11.1-5 a. 111.) .MELBOURNE, April 1! Air Rrtice ainiuuiu'od iue Coininoiiv.xaltli was not appointing a High (.'oinmis-inner at V; a-hington. Australian business will be transacted, a- in the past, through the British Commissioner/ The Commonwealth i- considering the appointment of a Trail*' Commissioner whose duties would not overlap the British C'ommissiumr. oueenslaxd politics. BRISBANE, April It Air Theodore delivered his policy speech at Cairns. He said there would be no iuerea-e in taxation. The exempt ion would be increased to thtce ; hundred, the abolition ot prohibition polls, the curtailment of hours of I trading, and sugar pools would be I established, if the Commonwealth pro- ! Dibits the importation of black-grown j sugar. AD- Theodore added that the I last prohibition poll will bo held n ! October.

Mi- You les. leader of the Count) c Party, in a policy speech, charged the Labour, Government with increasing the national debt from fifty-seven to eighty-six million. He adv. country development.