AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(By Electric Telkgraph—Copyright.) (Phe Pbjjss Association.) Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received October 20, 11.40 a.m. SYDNEY, Oct. 20. Coroporal 1). McAlister. champion rifleman of Australia, has been killed in France. He. won three King's Prizes, including one at Bisloy. Obituary.—Sumner Locks, novelist, alter giving birth to a son. Her husband, Sergt. Elliott, isi at the front. There has been a disorderly mass meeting of wharf workers. Owing to an alien element there were several free lights. A motion proposing that the members of tho union should sign modified cards, and return to work, was defeated. A secret ballot on the .same question Ist proceeding. A street collection for the relief of strike distress realised about £3OOO. Shipping arrangements are proceeding satisfactorily. Several vessels have already been depsatched, and others will follow within a few days.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10112, 20 October 1917, Page 5
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