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Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1920, Page 3

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PREFERENTIAL VOTING. FAVOURED. SYDNEY, Nov 23. The National Party Conference passed a motion in favour of single elections with preferential voting. They rejected a motion for abolition of the Upper House, and decided that the membership of the Cabinet be limited. BISHOP OF ROCKHAMPTON. BRISBANE, Nov 23. The Rev Phillip Charles Thurlow has been appointed Bishop of Rockhampton. ADDRESS OF GRATITUDE. AND CHEQUE FOR £25,000. ' SYDNEY. Nov. 25. Mr Hughes was presented with an address of gratitude and a cheque for £25,000 for services rendered to the soldiers and empire. SHOOTING. ADELAIDE, Nov 25. Lieut Smith of the British team after shooting off with Steinhardt (South Australia) won the King’s prize. Steinhardt had previously won the King’s prize. SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY. (Received This Day atr 9.45 a.m.) SYDNEY," November £1 Giiving evidence before the Select Committee on Agriculture, the French bacteriologist,! Francis Ray, representative of Pasture Institute, said he cnrld have combatted the recent plague of mice with a virus which was on sale in France. The virus produced a disease in rats and mice which killed them in from B’, days. He also claimed he could successfully innoculate pigs against hog cholera and swine fever. A LOYALIST. ■SYDNEY, Nov. 24. Mr Fuller addressing the Nationalist Conference attacked the disloyalists. ! He stated—“We want the Australian sentiment with a big dash of British, not that spurious sentiment distilled by Germany, blended with Ireland.” The Conference passed a resolution against increased Parliament salaries, both State and Federal and also fa- | vourod a return to single electo’rtes with the preferential vote.