AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 252, 23 October 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

' (Received 1.50 p.m.) QUEENSLAND'S CABINET. BRISBANE, this day. Following upon the resignation of tht Premier, Mr. J. T. Ryan, who is now entering Federal polities, Cabinet has been reconstituted as follows:— Premiei and Treasurer, Mr. E. G. Theodore: Secretary for Railways and Justice, Mr J. N. Fihelly: Mines, Mr. A. J. Jones: j. Agriculture, Mr. W. X. Gillies; Lands j ! Mr. J. H. Coyne: Education, Mr. J I Buxham; Works, Mr. -T. Larcombe I Home Secretary, Mr. 11. Cormick. N( ! Attorney-General was appointed, as th< T , Law Department will advice where nccee * isary.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) ; BETTING "WINS NOT INCOME. c SYDNEY, this day. In a test case, Mr. Justice Scholei decided that winnings in casual bettinj transactions are exempt from incom taxation. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) SOLDIERS' VOTES. c MELBOURNE, this day. c The House of Representatives passei s the Wartime Bill, which provides a yot 'f for all soldiers over the age of 18 wh< ) served in the Expeditionary Forces. — {A and N.Z. Cable.) TO BE RE-DRAFTED. SYDNEY, this day. The Government has withdrawn th -, Endowment of Children Bill from th House of Assembly, in order to re-dral it.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) ji HUGHES IS QUEENSLAND. ( J J j BRISBANE, October 22. Mr. W. M. Hughes is visiting Queeni land. He has had enthusiastic receptior in various towns, with counterblaeta i favour of Mr. J. T. Ryan, whom tli Opposition supporters prophetically ha as the new Commonwealth Prime Mil istcr.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) ANZAC MEMORIAL HALL. id SYDNEY, October 22. .| An influential movement has bee . launched with the object of providing a j Anzac Memorial Hall for the vise of r turned soldiers and sailors, and of estal Hehing a fund sufficient to provide bu saries for orphans of those who fell i war. wool lumpers; demands. SYDNEY, October 22. in The loading of the wool ships has bet ;h I stopped owing to the lumpers demmidii V. i r.n increase in wages from 1/IOJd to 2, I per hour. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.)