AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1920, Page 4

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• s*Vi ■ ' '-;rf —r— ''AUSTRALIAN * N.Z. CABM! ASSOCIATION] WOMEN ASPIRANTS. SYDNEY, July 19. A number of women have submitted their names to the Government for ap-pointment-to the Legislative Council. ENCOURAGING PAPER MAKING MELBOURNE, July 19. The Commonwealth Government are considering a new scheme for payment of Bounties on paper pulp produced in Australia. It is expected the scheme will be adopted and designed to encourage the manufacture of paper on an ox. tensive scale. PREMIERS CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE, July 19. The Premiers conference has reached a deadlock over the railway .unification proposals. They have decided upon an extension of the Carnival Tinlay Railway with a view of testing whether a third rail device would be safely applicable to tbe lines. The cost of tbe experiment, (between five and ten thousand) is to be borne on a per capita basis, among the participants. The con. Terence favoured a substantial unification of machinery for the collection of Federal and State taxes in place of the present separate collections. THE PRINCE OF WALES. -~~ HOBART, July 19. The Prince of AVales arrived and was enthusiastically welcomed. The route of the Royal procession was gaily decorated and lined by many thousands of people. VICTORIAN RACES. MELBOURNE, July 19. After first forfeits for tbe Australian Hurdles, twenty remain, including Beltane, Silent AVay, Protein, Kilowatt. Twenty-four remain in the Steeples, but no New Zealanders.