AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1920, Page 8

AUSTRALIA.

VICTORIAN MINISTRY. By Telegraph—rress Assn.—Copyright. Melbourne, Nov. 4. A mooting of and the Country Parly members discussed the question of uniting their forces in order to secure a majority in the new State Parliament. .Subsequently the Premier stated that Sir Alexander Peacock, leader of the Country Party, had been inviU-d to join the Government, and the following personnel of the Ministry was announced: Premier and Minister of Agriculture: Mr. I.awson. Education, Forests, and Labor: Sir Alexander Peacock. Treasurer: Mr. McPherson. . A ttornoy-fieneral and Vice-President, of the Board of Lands and Works: Mr. Robinson. Commissioner of Public Works and Minister of Water Supply: Mr. Clarke. "Railways and Mines: Mr. Barnes. Ijinds and Wheat Scheme: Mr. Oman. Chief Secretary: Major Baird. Assistant Minister of Agriculture: Mr. Angus. Honorary Ministers: Messrs Pennington, McWliae, and Hieks. COMMUNIST MANIFESTO. Sydney, Nov. 4. . The Communist Party has issued a manifesto detailing the lines on which it is proposed accomplish the Boeial revolution. It. urges the necessity of members actively identifying themselves with the unions, also forming groups in the workshops and otherwise to capture ' legislative or oilier machinery calculated ! to effect a change in the social system.

HARVEST HANDS' HOURS. Sydney, Nov. 4. In connection with the forthcoming harvest the Australian Workers' Union is demanding a 44-hour week, with a wage for general hands of £5 a week and keep, the wages of other hands to be ;mijH>r(ionate. BOOKTES HIT. Sydney, Nov. 4. Bookmakers, particularly those in Kydnov. were very heavily bit over Poitrcl's win. For a considerable thiv the horse had been conisisrenllv liaekcd until the market was exhausted.