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rAPSTItALIAN d* N.Z CAIiI.E ASSOCIATION’) COMMENT ON ELECTIONS. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Herald, commenting on the New Zealand elections, says on general principles we might have expected a pronounced swing of the political pendulum in favour of the more radical parties at the elections held since the war, but the expected has not happened. Everywhere th voter lias been cautious, and shown he is', not prepared to commit the destinies to the tender mercies of the extremists. The latest illustration comes from New Zealand, where the Reform Party, the most conservative of the three New Zealand parties, has been returned with a comfortable majority, at an election which was fought purely on the parties’ respective policies.
OBITUARY. SYDNEY, This Day. Obituary.—Samuel McCauley, Comptroller of Prisons. ANTI-POFITEERINB BILL. SYDNEY, This Day. The Legislative Council passed the Anti-Profiteering Bill, MR MEAGHER’S TROUBLES. (Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) *' . SYDNEY, This Day. Mr Meagher unsuccessfully applied to the High Court for leave to appeal against the Full Court’s) decision refusing to restore him to the roll of solicitors, A TRAINER’S APPEAL. SYDNEY, Tliis Day* The Australian Jockey Club upheld trainer Booth’s appeal disqualification. NO PROFITEERING. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Profiteering Commission’s fourth report finds no evidence if profiteering in the meat industry. It also finds it impracticable to determine on any system of fixing prices for local consumption.
FIVE SHILLING NOTES*. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Government are issuing five shilling notes in February. A STORM. BRISBANE, Dec. 19. causing many thousands of pounds daA cyclone storm swept Warwick, mage. ENGINEERS TROUBLE. SYDNEY, December 19. There has been a development in the engineers strike, indicating it may spread .to foreign vessels on foreign articles, eastern and Australian. The steamer St. Albans was due to sail yesterday for Japan, via ports, when the esgineers refused to sail and the vessel was hung up. I ■■ 1 I
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