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SYDNEY, May 15. Tho State Parliament opens at noon. The Governor's speech foreshadows, amongst other Bills, a new scheme of Industrial Arbitration, amendment of Workers Compensation Act, Increased Land Settlement, Amalgamation of Government Savings Banks, Establishment of Court of Criminal Appeal, Decentralisation of Railways and Ports, Formation of Department of Industry, University Reforms, Extension of Workmens Dwellings Scheme, and a tunnel connecting Svdnev and North Sydney.
Dirties, the overland cyclist, accompanied by Plimmer. left Sydney for another rule round Australia. MELHOrUNR May 15. The Federal Revenue fAr the nine month- ended March 21st. is £12,992,COO. an increase of £1.458,000 compared with the. same period lasi year. The expenditure was £14.514,000, an increase of £2.974.000. The Football League has eliminated the
rule prohibiting players from receiving remuneration, Payment of professionals is now openly conducted. BERTH, May 15. The Presbyterian Assembly has approved of a basis of doctrine and a sciiqme for union with the Methodist Congregational and Presbvteriari Churches. * SYDNEY, May 15. It transpires that tho commander of the Japanese Antarctic expedition has returned to Japan to furnish the Government with the causes of failure. A member of the party stated that they realised that tho vessel was unfitted for polar exploration. Tho result of tho commander’s report was that ho was recalled to Japan for a few weeks. He added that, the party had not thoroughly realised tho conditions they had to encounter in the Antarctic, and would he hotter prepared next time. Yesterday was observed an “Mother’s Day,’’ the populace wearing an emblematic white (lower which was extensively adopted, PERTH, May 15.
A mysterious tragedy has occurred at Woodlupiiie. The body of an eightecn-year-old girl named Cumpton has been found in tho bush near where she was employed us a domestic. She was evidently' strangled and carried to the bush.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 992, 16 May 1911, Page 3
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303AUSTRALIAN ITEMS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 992, 16 May 1911, Page 3
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