AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 June 1923, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AVSTIiAIIAN AND N'.Z. CAISI.K ASSOCIATION. i.u,iron referendum. SYDNEY. June 0. Mr l.ev inloriiwd a deputation Iroin iin C itizen - Rights and Liquor Reform Association Mint a referendum will he taken on the liquor question, not under the lE. 10 legislation, but on now legislation to be decided by a nonparty vote in Parliament. GOVERNOR WANTED EXCITEMENT. Roy Governor says he was invited to undertake the. adventure through reading a, book which related tile experiences of a trooper engaged in a mail hunt in India. Governor saylie desired the experience of similar excitement. THE COMMONWEALTH BANK. .MELBOURNE, June 0. ft is" understood that the death of •Sir I). Miller will expedite the Government’s action in placing the Com- j monwenlth Bank under a Board ol Control instead of a Governor. THE TREVESSA. FREMANTLE, June 9 There are no further tidings of the Trevessa's crew. It is thought the boats may he heading for the Mauritius with the strong seas behind them. • SYDNEY, June 11 There is no further news regarding the Trevessa's boats. X.S.W. 1 ABO UR PARTY. SYDNEY. June >,l After a. heated debate lasting several hours, the State Labour Conference decided, on 11 to casting vote of the Chairman to alter the rules so as to permit the affiliation of other working class parties with the Australian Labour Pary. This means that the Communist Party becomes affiliated.