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Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1918, Page 3

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[PFR PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.]] URGING INVESTMENTS. SYDNEY, March 20 ' At the Millions Club luncheon for the object to stimulate investments to the War Loan resulted in the business men present contributing £400,000. j The A.M.P. Society have invested £2,000,000. Mr. A. J. Watt instanced New Zealand’s favourable contribution to the war loans and compared Australia, since the war started until the present- ! loan. Mr. Close said that Australiai would have spent £233,000,000 of loan money on naval and military operations already and the amount raised from alsourees was £105,000,000, this showed | a shortage of £128,000,000 We must-j have £40,000,000 more and if not volun i tarv then we will have to do it other j ways. , j NEW VICTORIAN CABINET. j (Received This Day at 9.50. a.m.) f MELBOURNE, This Day. f 'The new Victorian State Ministry J consists of : j Premier, Attorney-General and Min- j ister of Labour: —Mr Larson; ,| Chief Secretary and Health:—Mi’ j! Bowser; j Treasurer : —Mr McPherson ; Education and Forests:—Mr Hutchinson ; Land : —Mr Clarke; Railways and Mines: —Mr Baines; jj Agriculture:—Air O’Marran; j Solicitor-General and Works: —Air j Robinson. [ Alessrs Robertson, NewhaJ, Camp- I bell and Kendall are honorary minis!- I era. 1

' POST-WAR SCHEME. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Chambers of Commerce Conference approved of Mr Hughes’ post-war trade organisations schemes. SIR JOHN FORREST RESIGNS. AIF.LBOURNE,’ This Day. Sir John Forrest has resigned from the Treasury. He will probably take his seat, in the House of Lords.