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COCKATOO DOCK NOT CLOSED. ' By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Melbourne, March 14. 5 Sir Joseph Cook has announced that 1 Cockatoo Dock has not been closed and - that the trouble is only temporary. I POLITICAL DEFECTIONS. Melbourne, *March 14. > Political circles anticipate additional defections from the National to the , Country Party. Mr. M‘Williams, leader of the latter, expressed the opinion that ■ Mr. Hughes will meet Parliament without a majority. The Country Party would judge all measures on their ’ merits. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. i . WESTRALIAN ELECTIONS. . Perth, March 14. > The election figures are incomplete The state of parties is:— . Labor 17 s Country Party 16 i Nationalists ■--• 10 National Labor 4 ’ A feature pf the election was that ‘ Mrs Edith Cowan (Independent) de- ■ feated the Attorney-General, Mr. Draper. K.C., for West Perth by 1543 votes I to 1297. ! PASSPORTS FOR HONOLULU. Melbourne, March 14. Mr. Poynton. Minister for Home I Affairs, has received information from the United States, explaining that the I charge of ten dollars for viseing the ' passports of "Visitors to Honolulu and ■ Manila is fixed by law and Australians ‘ and New Zealanders could not be exempt- ; ed without a similar exemption being made in the cases of nationals of other
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1921, Page 5
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