THE COMMONWEALTH.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16728, 10 January 1920, Page 9

THE COMMONWEALTH.

ciiniru union. (B/ Haha".-- Asanri.i:io".—V oprr.ght.) 'Anttraiian »':■! N Z. C.ib'.o Association.) SVI>NKY. .January f). Hie voting "ii the question of the Union of tin- Coiiprepatinnnl, Mothnd-i->t, nnd Pre.-byterian Churches, shows a. majority in favour of uninn. INTTtKASR IN DIVORCES. WDNKY, January 9. OfTiri.il statistics show that during irnr> there were KM- petitions in divorce. a-- compared uith DIM during tho previous vear.

AV r\POP(XAR APPOINTMENT. HIMSHANF. January 0. The appointment, of the Hon*. \Y. Tjennnn ;i- LiViitennnt-ftovernor lias #tr#iked 11 strong public protect. A representative riitherinE mooted the holdins; of publir meotinps of protest throughout Queensland, and tiio despatch of a memorial to tho TCinp. pravinc for tho revocation of the appointment. TA previous messapo said the appointment of the Hon. W. Speaker of iho Assembly, and n member of the Labour Partv, as Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland, produced a seeno in tho Assemhlv. Mr Barnes, ex-Treasurer, expressed strong disapproval of the appointment, on tho frroiind that Mr Lenncn had endorsed disloyal uffcrances made by the Cabinet. lie added: "And now, forsooth. lie is thrown upon tho State as Lieutenant-Governor on the recommendations of this Government." The Chairman ordered Mr Barnes to withdraw tho words, hut he refused, and was suspended. He left tho Houso amirl an uproar as a protest npainst tho fitifling of freedom of speoch."J

17 NTYANTED GTCRMANS. fßeceived January 9th. f) p.m.) BRISBANE, January 9. On tho arrival of a steamer at Port Moresby from Sydney with threo naturalised Germans, sent Lack to Papua by the Defence Department, tho rotqrned soldiers refused to allow them to stay, and forced them to stay on board the steamer ami to return to Sydney. SIIIEDMUXD TUUTOVS FUNERAL. (Received Januarv Otli, 11..Vl p.m.) SYDNEY, January <J>. Tho Rtato funeral of the late Sir Edmund Barton was most impressive. • Oroat crowds in the streots paid silent . Jiomogo to tho dead statesman.