AUSTRALIA.
GENERAL ITEMS. j By Telegraph.—Priss Asan—Copyrleht, j Received August 27, 8.35 p.m. Sydney, August 27. At the soldiers' settlement inquiry, yesterday's witness, further examined, disclaimed any intention of inferring, in connection with the repairs to Mr. Aghford's house, that anjf Government property had been improperly used thereon, but he, under instructions while employed on soldiers' settlements, supervised the work, and another officer of the settlements branch worked at the repairs. Received August 27, 10.15 p.m. Sydney, August 27. Mr. Aghford, ex>-Minister for Lands, has issued a writ claiming .£2OOO damages for alleged slander from Mr. Clark, a member of the Assembly for Waramerawa, in connection with soldier settlements. Parer and Mcintosh have resumed their flight to Melbourne. Received August 27,1115 p.m. Sydney, August 27. An extension of the shearers' strike is foreshadowed, the Australian Workers' Union stating that non-union wool-sheds may be boycotted by other unions. Althoirph th,e coal tribunal has not reached finality in the dispute, a conciliatory spirit 19 now apparent, and there appears to be no danger of an upheaval io the industry.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1920, Page 5
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