AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 17927, 24 March 1922, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

Brew Association —By Telegraph—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Press Association. ALLEGED LIBEL. _ SYDNEY, March _ 23. Tiie ‘ Daily Mail ’ newspaper has issued writs against tho ‘Daily Telegraph’ and ‘ Sydney Morning Herald/ claiming from each BiO.OOO damages in respect of alleged libel contained in an election advertisement published in tho ‘Herald’ and the ‘ Telegraph.’ PRICE OF BUTTER ADVANCED. SYDNEY, March 23. Tho wholesale price of butter has advanced Id per lb. ROSS’S APPEAL. MELBOURNE, March 23. The High Court lias fixed next Wednesday in Sydney for, tho hearing cf tho application by Colin Ross for leave to appeal against/tho Full Court’s decision dismissing the former appeal. SYDNEY WHARF WORKERS. SYDNEY, March 21 (Received March 24, at 11.15 a.m.) Tho wharf 1 laborers ht a mass, meeting passed a resolution in favor of a continuance of tho bureau system of picking up labor which was instituted during tho 1917 strike, also urging a rotary scheme of employment, with light work, for aged and incapacitated members. END OF QUEENSLAND’S UPPER HOUSE. BRISBANE, March 24. (Received March 24, at 11.30 a.m.) The Governor lias issued a proclamation formally abolishing the Legislative Council.