AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 990, 3 December 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

* VICTORIA'S STATE MINE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, December 2. A select committee is inquiring into the management of the Victorian State Coal mine at Powlett River. Evidence was given that fifteen per cent, more Powlett coal is required to '' give the result of the New South 'Wales coal at Medina. , , y ! 1 TO FIGHT REFERENDTJHS. e Melbourne, December 2. A Liberal League is being formed to e fight leferendums. e ' — x SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. , r Sydney, December 2. City shopkeepers are greatly concernh ed over the fact that they will have to observe the Saturday half-holiday on Christmas Eve, contending that it will mean a great loss to them. A VETERAN POLITICIAN. Sydney, December 2. Mr. R. H. Levien (Tamworth), "Father of the House," to-day completes thirty years of membership of the Stato Assembly. ASSAULTS ON GIRLS. Perth, December 2. y A deputation . representing 'the Women's Christian Temperance Union 5- asked the State Premier to introduce legislation making flogging compulsory in cases of assault on girls under age. The Premier, replied that it was doubtful whether flogging would attain , the end in view. Cabinet would consider the question. ' ' VICE-REGAL EXPENSE. Hobart, December 2. In the State Assembly the Government proposal to make an allowance to the Governor for travelling expenses . was defeated by 13 votes to 10. Two Ministerialists voted against the £ proposal, and many Ministerialists were absent. io THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. 5- (Rec. December 3, O.4iT a.m.) 16 \ Melbourne, December 2. The State. Government has given the i 1" Federal Government ten square mile! of territory at Jervis Bay, in connecJ? tion with the capital site territory, instead of tho one square mile stipulated j by the Act.