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A writ has been issued on behalf of ■the secretary of the Australian Work- " era' Union against the "Labor Daily/ . Sydney, for £5000 for alleged libel. . John Traser Cocks, aged 22, a Sydney University student, has been missing for sonic days. It is known that ho is suffering anervous complaint, and • may also be suffering from loss of memory. The animal reported as a lion has not Taeen located yet in Gloucester. The
police made another search during the week-end. It may have been a lion or an unusual type of dog. If a lion it ;= aeeras to have disappeared. ;-- \ According to a Sydney report exees,.sivo payments for sick benefit ana i funerals during tho last five years is 1 ■ causing concern to the officers of the ,■•■ M.UXO.O.F. They state that the matter
must be tackled. The membership .' shows a'falling off. Beduced earnings compared with previous years, duo to a reduction in the interest revenue, is an > important! factor concerning the '. finances.
The New South Wales Government hopes to save £200,000 a year in food relief as s result of providing worlc- for the unemployed: The Water Board will spend £500,000 on relief work, providing jota for 7300 men.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 8
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217GLEANED FROM THE AIR Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 8
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