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Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1920, Page 3

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j fAUSTRALIAN A N.Z CABLE! ASSOCIATION] I SYDNEY NEWS. 1 SYDNEY,May 10. Messrs W. A. Holman (ex-Brenner), . G. Flannery, and A. Thomson nave 1 .men admitted as King’s Counsel. Id the bowls’ final tost match at Ivuringgai ] Now South Wales (134) defeated Auckland (120). There were wild scenes in the city on the Undergraduates’ Commemoration Day. After the procession, the theatres and Town Hall were . invaded, and much damage was done to the organ ail 1 furniture. Government House was visited and the Governor joined the revellers. The Methodist Conference has decided to appeal to the .Medical Congress of Australasia, which is meeting iti Brisbane in August, for a statement on tl-e Prohibition question.

MELBOURNE, May T(5

A motion was agreed to by the House of Representatives increasing members’ salaries. It involves an additional r». penditure of £45,000 annually. GENERAL BOOTH. (Received this day at 10.35 a.m.) -SYDNEY, May 17? "General Booth'lias arrived. He leav s for a tour of New Zeland on June ?."« The Labour Council has issued a. mani fosto denouncing the establishment of unionists co-operative stores, and urging workers to devote their whole energies to uniting tlieir class in one organisation for the complete overthrow and abolition of capital, without delay. Mr Hughes-is considering an'application by the Socialist labour party for permission to send a commission to Russia.