THE COMMONWEALTH.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15989, 25 August 1917, Page 7

THE COMMONWEALTH.

THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. (By Cable—Press Association. —Copyright J MELBOURNE. August 21. In the Senate yesterday, Senator Pearco, Minister of Defence, announced that since the Australian Array tool: the field there had not been a single Australian desertion to the enemy. • ADELA SENTENCED. MELBOURNE, August 34. Miss Adela I'ankhurst was to-day sentenced to one month's imprisonment for disorderly conduct in connexion ■with a peace demonstration. CENSURE MOTION DEFEATED. SYDNEY, August 24. The Legislative Assembly, -without dehate, defeated Mr J. Storey's censure motion by 40 rotes to 23. RAILWAY COMMISSIONER DEAD. SYDNEY, August 24. The death is announced of Mr E. Milne, Deputy-Chief Railway Ccmmiseioner for New South -Wales.

TAX ;0N ELTGIBLES. *.. I MELBOURNE, August 24. I In tho House of Representatives yes- t tcrday, Sir J. Forrest introduced a Bill § | Imposing an income-tax on chgibles || Ij i who had not enlisted. Tho particulars H I were as outlined in the Budget. j INFORMATION "WANTED., (Eeuter's Telegrams.) - 18 (Received August 25th, 12.50 a.m.) 9 MELBOURNE. August 24, _ 1 In the Bouso of Representatives _M* I Hughes, replying to a statemont that j the Now Zealand Government -was malf- I inc available to people foodstuffs which J they' wero' uuablo to ship to Britain, |l owing to tho scarcity of freight, |l Jthht'iho proposed to inquire as to -fciewji Zealandfs policy. ' 'jf LABOUR IVCGMBEft SUSPENDED, jf (Router's To l oßTame.) _ I /Received August 25th, 12.(50 a.m.) - MELBOURNE, August 24. ■ Tn tho House of Representatives, Mr. Higgs, Labour member for Capricornia,was suspended for tho remainder of the R session, for refusing, to withdraw im- g parliamentary remarks. 11