AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3328, 5 November 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Received 11.10 a.m«.

SYDNEY, this day.

The‘Legisla.tive Council is debating the Childl'en’s Maintainence Bill. Many members areshovving pronouunced oppbsition; expressing-the opinion it is plje.fe'rabileb 'to accept Ithe Board }'of Tl'2l(lC’s"liVillg"W‘£t.g‘e of £317/. - h -The Governlmerrt has arnanged for the aviator, Pickles, té surveyv the aerial rolife‘ between -Sydney and Broken" Hill, to d-emonstrate the practicability 7of c'bnducti.xig {an aerial service betweén the ‘two cities. A h

Mr E. J. l\Io1"ton succeeds Mr Brittain as Collsul-Gfenerial for America. : ’ MELBOURNE, ‘this day.

it A labour policy for the elections has l been issued, and states the party stends I for the emancipation of labour from all ‘forms of ~exploitation, -and obtaining [for Workers the full reward for their ,industry by collective ownership, demoicnaltic «control of’ collectively "used iageneies ~lo'f produetioh, d‘isitl'ibution, and exchange. ‘lt promises to stimulate ‘production by gilafantceirxg the proldueer a 1-eturtrsliowing a reasonable ‘profit and the provision of .an over}sea and world markets. It includes It iprotective tariif and compulsory use of "Australian products by. Government |}eontraetors. It also provides -a refer- ; endum on the question of recasting the ‘constitution, repeal of the compulsory ' clause of the Defence Acf, nationalisaltion of shipping, and assistance. to workers to secure homes. BRISBANE, this day.

The Government has commandeered all meat supplies for 1919-20, prohibited owners from traffic in such meat, and declared all contracts void. PERTH, this day. The deported Norflicrn Terfitory Offi-' cials have arrived.

IRISH CONVENTION. TH- OPENING SPEECHES. SYDNEY, Nov. 4;. Mr Ryan, the Queensland ex-Prem-ier, presided at the Thcish Convention. Archbishop Mannix, in his opening speech, said they were there for the declared definite purpose to support Irlandfs claim, as expressed at the last general election in Ireland, and to support her chosen leader, Mr De Valera .They were there not to dictate ‘but to support .Il'el,and’s claim to live her own life and .s}la.pe_‘ her own desitiny without outside’_intcrference.