AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
DRASTIC “CUT” IN FEDERAL AIR FORCE.
SYDNEY, Dec. 29. A special article in the Herald calls attention to the costly item of Federal economy which reduces the air force to inefficiency. Only five squadrons of the_ seven planned as a minimum remain as the result of a reduction of £IOO,OOO in the air force vote- Instead of eighteen machines per squadron there are now only four, or the whole force has been reduced from ninety to nineteen. lire officers and men have been reduced - from 138,791 to 45..252. ARMSTRONG TO PLAY ON SATURDAY. (Received Dec. 29, 11.5 p.m..) MELBOURNE, Dec- 29. Armstrong plays for Y ictoriaagainst South Australia on Sat.urda)*. —U.P. A. POLITICIAN SUSPENDED. (Received Dec. 29, 11.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 29. The Speaker of the Assembly suspended Mr 'Worthington, stating that lie was guilty of conduct rendering him unfit to continue in the public -service. HEAVY LOSS'ON WHEAT POOL
(Received Dec. 29, 11.5 p-m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 29. Mi- Dunn states that the Government is faced with a heavy loss on the last wheat pool, probably in the vicinity of sixpence per bushel, which will amount to approximately £130,00U..
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Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6274, 30 December 1921, Page 5
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