AUSTRALIAN NEWS
(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, February 2. The Commonwealth Line has further announced that it is instituting a direct service from Sydney to Hull with wool, thence to Continental ports. It is anticipated that the whole of the idle tonnage of the Commonwealth Line will be requisitioned as a result of the new services starting. LONDON, February 1. The Board of Trade announces that an agreement has been reached on all cardinal points in the shipping dispute, subject to the adjustment Of minor details, thus ensuring friendly co-operation between the conference and the Commonwealth lines and eliminating the possibility of a rate war. The agreement is in harmony with the recommendations of the report of the Imperial Shipping Committee. SYDNEY, February 2. (Received February 3, 1 a.m.) The Marama was due to sail at 2.30 p.m. but was delayed until Saturday morning through a brawl between two unionists and and one non-unionist fireman, in which the latter was seriously injured and sent to the hospital. The other two men were arrested.
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Southland Times, Issue 19757, 3 February 1923, Page 5
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