AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12705, 7 March 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

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, "^MANTLE,. March 6. The Chapnian-Alexahder mission party arrived by tne Otranto. They will open at Ohristchurcl} m April: . (Received Marcli 7, 8.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 7.

Williams, an English billiaydist, has arrived - , and. intends to settle m Australia for health reasons. He challenges Lindrum for the championship of Australia when he returns.

March 7, 9;50 a.m.) ' Mr Tmher, referring to the Methodist Conference'^ motion against mixed bathing, declared that a' dose of cold water was iiot' conducive to moral lapses. „'.** SYDNEY, March 7. ,The. Cfemmbr-jSvealth' and New South Wales Sta^e ' Governments have beeii for months' discussing . the question of buildinj| • and ■ tvvo destroyers at Cockatoo dock without aTriviiijg at a conclusion. It is stated that the stumbling, block is now the question of the [time limit. The Commonwealth GovernLftieht is dissatisfied with .the time taken jin piecing -together, the' destroyer Warrego; which' has not yet been completed. df is" understood' that the State is not j prepared' to give a time guarantee. 1 ADELAIDE, March 7. ! I T*he Methodist Conference decided to j send .meetings to employers and. em : plbyeeß, praying . that the conditions nWkirig foil' conflict had been removed; Uhat tlie Methodist Church stands im- ' partially for conciliation m industrial disjputes, and for the abolition of child ' labor tinder fourteen. A proposal for the 'Council of Churches to exchange repreI sentatives with the Employers' FederaI tion ahd Trades and Labor Council, m order to produce a better/feeling, was strongly opposed and was,, withdrawn.