AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14704, 3 June 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

-g r Electric teleoeaph—Coptbight.] (Per Press Association.) (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (let-rived .June 3, at 10.10 a.m. ' SYDNEY, June 3. \a extraordinary story is related by Harkines, who is a passenger on tb - ifakuni- The circumstances are raetitailv the same as in the Paiil {freeman" case. Harkines explains that he was arrested in Canada as a deserter early in the year and placed on "the Niagara. He escaped at Honolulu. but was re-arrested and placed on ifu- Makura. He was not allowed to land in Canada or Australia., and-is now compelled to criss-cross the Pacific indefinitely. Harkines contends that it is a case of mistaken identity, gayintc that another Harkines is the real deserter, which view is shared by chief engineer and officers of the vessel. Harkines is a native of Nebraska. but possesses an alien registration certificate. The team of English riflemen & expected in Sydney in October to compete at the National Rifle Association's gftv-sixth annual at which *2l he given prizes totalling £6300. rflje crack shots of Australasia are expected to participate. The passenger fares to the Pacifac Coast ports have been increased 10 per cent, and the fares to intermediate {jorts have also been increased. Beneficial falls of rain are contintijmr over the western portion of the State, embracing a wide? area. Rainproducing disturbances are slowly moving eastward. MELBOURNE. June 3. The Prince has returned after a irfef country visit. He had a fine reception at Ballarat, where he was presented, midst smiles, with a pair of pqamas. into which one stitch each jjd been inserted by 500 local girls jioted for magnificent war work. The Prince's week's rest will be spent secretly, probably in the vicinity of Melbourne.