MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18220, 3 November 1924, Page 14

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

♦ 'Tho expulsions following the ballotbox scandals in New iSouth Wales were referred by tho Australian Labour Party Conference to arbitration. Mr Theodore, Premier of Queensland, ha* agreed to accept the position of arbitrator. Tho investigations by the X.S.W. Auditor-General's Department of tho State housing scheme up to the present have shown a loss of £45.306. It is the desiro of the Stat© Government to abolish, it as quickly as possible, and a Bill, with iins object in view, is now before Parliament. After a third trial the lie*". Father Delornio was acquitted at Montreal on a charge- of murdering his half-brother in order to secure his fortune.

Tlie Socialists lost many seats in the Municipal elections throughout England on Saturday, but had! some gains. 'JTbe totals are not yet available.

At an enquiry by a committee which is investigating the cause and extent of unemployment among watersiders in Brisbane, a statement submitted by the unemployment insurance branch of the Labour Department showed that from October last year to March, there has been an average of 610 applications a month for unemployed insurance from, watersiders. The payments amounted to £521 a month.