Australian News.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 2 June 1923, Page 9

Australian News.

BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT Bytln&y: In connection with tho ferry collision cabled on May IS the Court ordered the certificate of Thomas Nicholson, igastor of the steamer Burringbar to be suspended for 12 months. jf^eibournsi

f’n tho inquiry into the loss of the Amy Turner the Court found that tho foundering was due to the weather, the ship til ling beyond the capacity of tho crew to pump out. The CourL paid a tribute to the skill of Won, one of the survivors, in navigating a small boat for ICOO miles. Received 10.35 p.m., June 1. Tho High Court has rejected applications made on behalf of tho Irish envoys for a writ of prohibition against tho special hoard appointed to deal with tlieir deportation, and for an injunction against further activities by the Board, which may now proceed with the hearing of the case against the envoys. Brisbane: The iinal election returns give the Government a majority of J 4 ever anti-labour parties.—A. and N.Z. Cable. Perth; Mr Sullivan, postmaster at Maylands. lias reported to the police that while on the way home from the ofiice last night he was seized by two men, blindfolded, and compelled to return to the office and upon the safe, from which the men took £215 sterling and decamped, leaving him in tho street blindfolded. Always merry and lirlglit, with “NO RUBBING’’ Laundry il<>h> in sight, Isi packet does 7 washings beautifully.—. Canterbury Farmers’ Co-op., Agents for “NO-KOBPING.”