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AUSTRALIAN NEWS

SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING KID-GLOVE PERIOD OF INITIATION. , . ' /■ - y TolegTapli-Prcss. Assooiation-Ooipyrigtet Sydney, June 13. Mr. Holman has announced that.the'i I Government intends to initiate tho 6 [o'clock closing of ■ hotels without undue I abruptness and unnecessary. harshness. I 3?or a week after the gazetting of the i new conditions the . jtolice ■ will be instructed to use discretion with regard to toinor breaches. MR. HOLMAN'S DELUSION. \ • Sydney, June 13.: The "Daily Telegraph" says that there fcould not be. a-more clearly expressed [public , condemnation of the Holman .Government's attitude towards the drink 'question. It is quite evident that Mr.. fiolman is unable to understand the attitude of the public towards the question. ?Tlie attempt to interpret tlie vote as a ideniand for Government hotels completes itlie proof of this. (Rec. June 13,11.10 p.m.) Sydney, Juno 13. : The referendum returns are still dribbling'in; A largo absentee vote is still to be counted, Lut that. is unlikely to materially alter the result; Although G o'clock has recorded 129,533 votes over all the other hours, the absolute majority as [provided for, in the Act is only 64,767. A BIG BID FOR NEXT ELECTION. NEW ; SOUTH WALES LIBERALS ORGANISING. .• (R«c. June 13, 11.30 p.m.) Sydney, June 13. Tho Liberals intend to make a big bid {it tho next State election, "and are hlready reorganising and putting their louse in. order. They have engaged Mr.. Percy Hunter, late head of the Government Immigration' Department, as special general organiser on & handsome salary. Negotiations aro being completed whereby the Liberals and Mr. Beeby's Progressive Party, while not actually .coalescing, will work in mutual support. : DISAFFECTION IN STATE CLOTH-. ING FACTORY. GERMAN [INTRIGUE ALLEGED. . \> Melbourne, June 13. Trouble is threatened in the Commonwealth Clothing Factory, the employees resenting a statement by Senator Pearce that the sinister influence of German capital was causing disaffection in the faotory. • . ""COLD"STORAGE STRIKE ENDS. : Sydney, June 13. . The cold storage, strike has ended, the Inen resuming work unconditionally. _ MINERS ON STRIKE. ' (Roc. Juno 13, 8.20 p.m.) ! .Sydney, June t3. The miners in the Pelawmain, Stanford, and Merthyr pits have struck as a protest against tho employment of alleged Germans. SENSATIONAL AFFAIR. . Sydney, June 13. A sensational affair •is reported from long Bay. A constable discovered in the bush a motor-car stolen last night. . With two more constables he watched two men who arrived- in another stolen car. The police - them to stop, but thoy started off at full speed. Constable Watson fired, two shots from a revolver, and the car shortly after stopped. Both tho inmates were wounded. One, James Holnies, died en route to the. hospital, the other, Eric Russell, is in'a serious condition; ITEMS IN BRIEF. ; STATE DOCTORS URGED. Perth, June 13. The Kalgoorlio Labour Congress has passed a motion urging the Federal Government to nationalise the medical profession. THE LUCAS-TOOTH ESTATE. Sydney, June 13. Tho value of the New South Wales estate of the lato Sir R. Lucas Tooth las been sworn at ,£905,000. SEVERE EARTH TREMORS. (Rec. June 13, 8.20 p.m.) Sydney, June 111. . Severe earth tremors are reported from several districts. Doors and - windows rattled, and the lighthouse on the Sear Rocks was slightly damaged.

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 14 June 1916, Page 5

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AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 14 June 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 14 June 1916, Page 5

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