AUSTRALIA
1 (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association,) r CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.. SYDNEY, November 8. r The Government has decided against 3 proclaiming Christmas Eve as a public 7 holiday, but has decided to proclaim 1 New Year’s Eve a holiday. / ARMISTICE DAY. t MELBOURNE, November 9. The Acting-Prime Minister (Dr. 1 Earle Page) has appealed for the observance of two l minutes’ silence at - eleven o’clock on Sunday morning - throughout the Commonwealth in memory of the fallen soldiers. ie BIG RAILWAY CONTRACT. [1 SYDNEY, November 9. n The Parliamentary Public Works il Committee is recommending the con- ■- struction of a railway from Port r Kembla to the main southern line at ■_ Moss Vale, at a cost of £2,000,000, on 1 the understanding that the Hoskins v Company proceed with the establishy ment of blast furnaces and steel works , v on the south coast, a ta. cost of g £2,000,000.
PAPERMAKING MOOTED. MELBOURNE, November 9. Resolutions carried at Perth by the Press Conference, urging the establishment of a papermaking industry, were presented to Dr. Earle Page, who promised to immediately consult Sir G. Knibbs with the Object of arranging Government backing if the industry indicated any prospects of success. _____
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1923, Page 5
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