Second Edition

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 July 1913, Page 2

Second Edition

Australian Cables ■■I. .1 ■ ■ ■ — > . i ■ SLHCTaiC TKLHBUAPH—OOPTSIBH*.] fPHR I'RKBB IBSQCIATtON ] (Received Thin Dny, 0.30 a.m.) NEW .SOUTH WALES ELECTIONS' SYDNEY, This Day. The lfon. .Mr llolniau. ;il Coofamundrn, in referring to tlio coming State elections, *nid Australia had been through ninny crises in tin* history oi' the labour movement before. nml the Labour Party wuis prepared to light again. again, and again, and ho believed in the end it would win through. It' those who thought Labour would not survive the elections would become confident, victory would ho Labour's, ho said. PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS. MELBOURNE. This Dny. The abolition of preference to unioui.sts in the Federal service comes into operation from to-day. Tlte Ron. .Mr Cook declares that in future the fact that any man is not member of a union will not debar him. from the Commonwealth service; all citizens will bo treated alike. SMALLPOX SCARE. The .Sydney authorities think one case .at Ponrith and another at Tareo are smallpox. A general vaccination of school children in the infected area commences on Monday. The polico all have been done already, and tin; vaccination of railway find other public staffs is proceeding. Inter-State railway traffic Iws docreased fully one-third, and Korvicos run lato through the tiino'neoded for vaccinal ion of passengers. A number of persons in Victoria have been fined for refusing to allow children to bo vaccinated. SYDNEY BUILDING TRADE. New buildings erected in Sydney and suburbs in the twelve months ended June 13th arc valued at £•").- 733,-130. HEROFSITTk\CE. .MELBOURNE, This Day. The Royal Humane Society made thirty-four awards for TfFavery in connection with Mount Lyell disaster. Albert Judd, who died from the effects of rescue work, was awarded tlio Clark gold medal. POST OFFICE REFORM. The Postmaster-General has announced his intention to run the post office on business lines, and under the direction of thre-o Comm'ssioners.