AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1929, Page 7

AUSTRALIA

I (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) ’ WATERSIDERS’ LICENSES. CANBERRA, November 9. The Federal Ministry has decided to suspend the issue of licenses to waterside workers, until further notice. QUARRYMAN KILLED MELBOURNE, November 9. When his pick struck an unexploded charge at Koi-ong Pale quarry, William Kendall was blown to pieces. Other men nearby narrowly escaped. The explosion shook the buildings in town four miles away. i ' VICTORIAN POLITICS. MELBOURNE, Nov, 8. In his policy speech, /; the Premier > (Sir William McPherson). < announced the intention, if returned, in the forthcoming election, to introduce a. petrol tax in order to raise sufficient to meet the deficiency of £1,324,000 at the end of the financial year. ■ ; -

N.Z. BOY SCOOTS. - . SYDNEY, November 9. A contingent of thirty-two New Zealand Boy, Scouts returned by the liner Orford, from the Internatinoal Jambouree in England, and. was warmly welcomed on arrival at Sydney by Mr P. Bennett, General Secretary of the ' Scouts’ Association, here. They z were entertained at lunch, and then motored round the harbour, the various beaches - and to the Zoological Gardens. They ; | were the guests of the management at/, a theatrical perfomance. They resumed their voyage on the Ulimaroa to New Zealand, but before departure they placed a wreath of poppies on the Cenotaph. ' . / -