AUSTRALIA

Nelson Evening Mail, 22 September 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

REFEiRENIDUM BILL.

THIRD PASSED. (Press Association. —Copybight.; MELBOURNE, Sept. 21. 'The House, after an all-night sitting, passed the third reading of the Referendum' Bill. The Government accepted 1 an amendment permitting naturalised enemy subjects with sons serving in the Australian forces to vote. SOLDIERS'; SETTLEMENTS. MELBOURNE, .Sept. . 21. The Assembly passed the second reading of the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Bill'. The Minister of (Lands stated that ,1600 blocks were already available for every Australian soldier ana all pthers fighting "under the Empire's flag who were willing to settle in Victoria under the State's conditions. .COST lOIP WAR) LOANS. : (Rec. 9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Treasurer states that the last, war loan qost £57,633, approximately 4s 5d per cent, on the total subscribed,< £23,495,690, as against 5s Id and 4s 7d per cent, on previous issues. A ISP IiIPORTATIOiN; [PROICLAM ATI ON (ißec. 9.25 a.m.) ' SYDNEY, This "Day.; A irrocla-mation prohibits importa? ti'on bf the mediicinai preparation; called cancerine, manufactured! by the Natural dancer Cure Company, Twickenham, England. FLYING SQUADRON FOR ENGLAND. (ißetj.'-9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The njilitdryiauthorities ' approved of the formation of a-flying squadron in Egypt, designated the Third Australian Flying. Squadron. . •. ;■ ~ . BUTTER EMBARGO REMOVED. {•Rec. 11.5 a.m.) , ■ JyEELBOURNE, This Day. The embargo on the ecxport of butter, has foeen removed. , : , i;