AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2652, 24 December 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

. . 0 WAR POWERS BILL FAILS TO PASS SECOND READING \ ByTelegrwrti—Press Association—Oopjrlr'ht Melbourne, December 23. In the Victorian Legislative Assembly, a division on the second reading of the Commonwealth War Powers Bill resulted in the motion being carried by 27 votes to 22. The Speaker announced that the Bill had not received the statutory majority, and therefore had failod to pass.ON THE ENEMY LIST. TYPEWRITERS BANNED.. Melbourne, Deoember 23. The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) announces that he has been informed by the British Government E that the. Monarch and Smith Premier f typewriters are cocnooted with Romingt ton's,.and. are therefore also placed on 3 tho enemy list. j [The Remington Typewriter Company . was placed on tho enemy list a few p, days ago.l t / l FEDERAL WHEAT. 1 SOLD TO BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Melbourne, December. 23. The Federal Prime Minister- (Mr. W. Hughes) states that / 100,000 tons of wheat have been sold to'the British and French Governments. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 4 IN RELATION TO INDUSTRY, d , Melbourne, December 23. h The Federal Government is prepared n to spend £500,000 on an institution to e conduct scientific research, in relation n to industry. :• BETTER THAN EVER. SYDNEY CHRISTMAS TRADE. ». ' Sydney, December 23. it Shopkeepers state that the Christmas ;t trado is better fhan -9ver. ■_This is attributable to the recent rains and the spliaidid harvest. /MAYORAL DEADLOCK. 5 . PROBLEM STILL UNSOLVED. lt (Rec. December 23, 10.55 p.m.) Sydney, December 23. Tho City Council's third ■ attempt _to 1_ solve the Mayor deadlock proved futile. B ' There was a . wrangling Rebate with ls hints of bribery in cortam quarters. One i" question whether the voting for Lord jf Mayor should be open or by ballot Te- • - spited in another tie.