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GERMANS IN THE PUBLIC . ■ / : SERVICE - . NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER S •; HECKLED. ' ' . By Telesrajii—Pre£6 Association—Copyright (Rec. March 23, 8.30 p.m.) Sydney,' March 23. In reply to persistent heckling in the State Assembly, Mr. Holman (the Premier) stated that o¥_ two hundred employees of German birth in the Public Service at the beginning of the war, 64 bad been retained. 'All were naturalised.; The Government was .satisfied Cliat all: were loyal Australian citizens, ,'ind accepted full responsibility for .retaining them., ITEMS IN BRIEF. . AUSTRALIA'S WAR WOUNDS." (Rec. March 28, 8.35 p.m.) ' > Sydney, March 28. The total casualties to date are 41,427, which number includes 6749 dead, 10,844 ' wounded, and 21,766 sick. ••
THE FAMILY VOTE AT ELECTIONS. : - i ' ' Sydney, March. 23. Mr. T. Waddell is introducing in tho 'Assembly a motion amending the Electoral Act to enable a fstlie.- and mother, in addition to their own rotes, to cast additional votes for every son and daughter under 21. V-..
EXPORT Of COPRA RESTRICTED. ■ ' Melbourne; March 23. A Proclamation prohibits : the export 'if' copra to elsewhere than the United Kingdom. JOCKEYS ON STRIKE. Adelaide, March 23.' 'At a race meeting,at Quorn, a jockey ffas disqualified. The other jockeys and owners protested, and refused to start in any of the races "until he was reinstated. The stewards resigned, and the committee altered the punishment to a-fine..'.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2728, 24 March 1916, Page 5
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