NEW COUNTRY PARTY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20316, 15 August 1931, Page 15

NEW COUNTRY PARTY.

—♦ i SYDNEY CONFERENCE.! I i ' POLITICAL REFORM WANTED. FEDERAL UNITS PROPOSED. ; I : : (rswEu mess jmsoewwo!?—. si<sctWP i TBLE.GIIArH—COrVETGHT ) (Received August 'l4th', ll.iio y.m;t j • SYDNEY, August J4. The active Country movement which aims at constitutional reform and the creation of new Federal units within New South Wales, received , a decided impetus to-day, when delegates from all parts of the country at a conference in Sydney, reached an agreement for the formation of a "Uni'ted Country Party." The new Party's platform will seek: Hie subdivision of this Slate into new Federal units, giving increased j representation in Parliaments. ; Tariff Reform. i Improved transport. I Reduction of costs and taxation. • A review of the Arbitration laws. i The suppression of Communism. j Tho whole policy will be directed ; cowards the betterment and develop- ! ment of country areas. The new organisation absorbs the political Country Party. THE PERTH STRIKE NEWSPAPERS PRODUCED. FREE LABOUR EMPLOYED, (Received August 14th, 7.30 p.m.) PERTH, August M. With tho help of the heads of departments, typists, and other free labour, the newspaper, "West Australian," produced an eight-page issue ' to-day. The afternoon paper, tho "Daily News," is managing to produce a small paper in a similar fashion. The strikers are picketing both offices. Tho "West Australian" received 300 applications from skilled operators aud others offering their services. COMMONWEALTH | FINANCE. ! CONVERSION OF LOANS. j | MELBOURNE, August 14. No reply has been received from the Board of the Commonwealth Bank, to tho letter sent by the Loan Council setting out the cash requirements of th» various States and tho Commonwealth for August. Consequently the Council is unable to disperse. The conversion of £27,000,000 by the Stato Savings Bank of Victoria has helped to swell tho total of the conversion loan to more than £900.000,000. The New Zealand Insurance Company converted £434.800. MONEY FOR SAYINGS BANK. OFFER OF HELP DENIED. LONDON, August 13. The Australian Press Association learns that tho report that the Midland Bank lias offered to assist the New South Wales Government Savings Bank is absolutely without foundation. PREVENTION OF PICKETING. ACT TO BE REPEALED. (Received August 14th, 7.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 14. The Lang Government lias decided to repeal the Crimes Intimidation and Molestation Act, which was passed by the Bavin Government in 1929 during the timber workers' strike. The Act prevents mass picketing, unlawful assemblies, and molestation of free labourers on occasions of strikes or lock-outs. A STOWAWAY ESCAPES. MAN FROM NEW ZEALAND. (Received August 14th, 9.45 p.m.) J SYDNEY, August 14. ! A stowaway who arrived from New I Zealand by the Gabriella to-day, made | good his escape by using a boat which was lowered to take the captain ashore, and then abandoning. it. - A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. (Received August 14th, 7.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, August 14. A domestic tragedy was discovered at Footscray to-day. Mrs Sarah McDonald, aged 33 years, was found dead in the cottage in which she lived with, George Webster, aged 35, a quarry man. Her head was horribly battered. Webster's body was found in the engineroom of the quarry. His head had been blown off with gelignite. Neighbours say the woman had threatened to leave Webster and return to her home town at Deniliquin.