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' 4tt» V BOY STOWAWAYS. (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, August. 8. The liner Mariposa arrived at 10.15 a,m. from Auckland. The two boy 1 stowaways, McArthur and Lianos,, disembarked from the liner, arid, after official warnings, they were handed over to their parents, with whom they had a happy re-union, A NATIVE HANGED. ,j- . SYDNEY, August 8. ; ”A message from Port Moresby, New Guinea, states that a local native, named Karo,' was hanged to-day on the beach for tlie murder of a native acting-constable . named Urine,baud also his wife arid child. . Several hundred natives gathered on the beach and chanted their Death Song, which was audible to Kaiu, He said that lie was prepared to pay for his wrong doing. N.S.W. MINERS. I .. . SYDNEY, August 8.. The coal miners’ convention to-day decided that the offer of Mr Stevens, Premier of New South Wales of a tribunal to investigate safety in mines as cabled on Saturday, will not be acceptable. Tlie convention claims that the issue of safety in the mines eannot be separated from the other issues, namely, shorter hours and pensions for ,aged miners. ~.V5 bi ■ ■ : '.V obb^b The delegates interpret the Pre-fhier’-s offer J? ab 'being an attempt to sidetrack the miners and to whittle down their claims.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1938, Page 3
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