AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
RECORD NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTIONS.
(Received Feb. 26. 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. Feb. 25
Nominations for the general election have closed with a record number of candidates
A FAST GIRL SPRINTER
(Received Feb 27, 12.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 26. Miss Bessie Grandemange easily retained the title of champion lady sprinter of Australia, defeating Miss Maude McDermott over TOO yards in 11 4-osee.
A CHARITY FAIR MELEE. PERTH, Feb. 26. As a result of a melee, which started at a Charity Fair, a crowd of three hundred fought and kicked a dozen policemen, who eventually dispersed the crowd with their batons. Three police were injured. Several arrests were made.
WAGES, REDUCTIONS PROTEST. HOBART. Feb. 26. . The proposal by the Government to reduce the salaries of public servants has aroused a storm of protest and the formation /of one big union of Government employees, including rail way men and teachers to fight any reduction which may be suggested.—U,P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6322, 27 February 1922, Page 5
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