AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS
FILM-PRODUCING VENTURE. Pre»a Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, December 16. (Received December 16, at 9 a.m.) The prospectus of tho Australian Moving Picture Players, Ltd., has been iseued. The capital 'is £B,OOO. The purpose is_ to produce films, including some illustrating Australian history, the landing of Captain Cook, and early colonisation' days. OLD AGE PENSIONS. MELBOURNE, December 16. The Federal Senate passed a Bill to appropriate £5,500,000 for old age pensions TRADE UNION STATISTICS. MELBOURNE. December 16. During the year 1915 the number of trade unions in Australia increased to 710, with a membership of 497,925. LIBEL CASE SETTLED. PERTH, December 16. The- Attorney-General of Western Australia has accepted an. apology from the editor of tho 'Cygnet' for alleged libellous staterooms.
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Evening Star, Issue 15677, 16 December 1914, Page 4
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