AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

GENERAL ITEMS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 19, 5.5 p.m. Melbourne, Sept. 19. It is officially announced that trade with Turkey will be permitted, subject to certain conditions. Brisbane, Sept. 18. In view of the forthcoming elections, Mr. Barnes, Leader of the Nationalists, outlined the party's policy The chief planks are: No increase of taxation, no retrenchment, reduction of the membership of the Assembly to 50 and of the Legislative Council to 30, adult suffrage for elections to both ! Houses, the appointment of Ministers of Labor and of Health, freehold tenure, increased immigration. Mr. Vowles, Leader of the Opposition, disclosed that the diief planks of his party policy were: Encouragement of primary and secondary industries, removal of railways from political control, and placing of the whole sugar industry under Federal control. ' Sydney, Sept. IS.

Mr. Storey, addressing the Millions Club, disclaimed extremist and revolutionary methods of solving industrial unrest. His way of dealing with those advocating that Australian workmen should follow the example of the Italian workmen by seizing the means of production would be to" send them to Italy. If employers would undertake to take more interest in the welfare of the workers, he, as head of the Government, would obtain a 'reciprocal undertaking from the workers.

The real remedy for the unrest was.increased production, by forcing lock,ed-up land into use. Large entailed estates were a curse to the country, and would have to be swept away. Owners of land must be forced to use it or disgorge.

The Executive of the Australian Labor Party has issued a manifesto denouncing the attitude of the Trades Hall advocates of irritation strikes, and recommending that such extremists be expelled from the movement. Melbourne, Sept. 18. In the Senate, Mr. Pearce, dealing with the defence policy, explained that youths in their 18th year would undergo thorough individual training for a period of ten weeks and 118 days spread over four years, after which only annual registration would bo required. The maintenance of rifle clubs* as a reserve was ao longer a military necessity, but, in view of the past activities of the clubs, the Government was ear-marking £50,000 to cover expenses, r.nd was also providing ammunition to the value of £30,000. A combined naval and military air force would be organised under a Board of Flying.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.