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STRIKE EXTENDING. ay n*bt.s—peers association—copyright Received July ’B. 10.10 a.m. ri MELBOURNE, July 18. lhe strike at Morwell .has extended and now 600 men are affected. SENTENCE COMMUTED. _ , . PERTH, July 18. Cabinet commuted the sentence pass, ed op Auburn to imprisonment for the term of his natural life. ( A previous message stated that George William Auburn had been found guilty of murdering John George O’Neill, taxi-driver, on April 7, aiVd sentenced to^death. O’Neill’s body was found in the Swan River with the head battered. VICTORIAN POLITICS. Received July 18, 1.30 p.m. MELBOURNE, July 18. Mr. .Allan, leader of the Country Party in the State Assembly, is discomfited over the action of the Governor in sending for the leader of the Labour Party to form a Ministry. Prior to the defeat of the Government Mr. Allan declined to listen to overtures Peacock’s followers that he should forestall Mr. Prendergast in challenging the Ministry, apparently believing that whatever 'happened the Governor would send for him. The militant members of the Country express gratification at the advent of Labour to office. If the moderate members, headed by Mr. .Allan, assume an attitude hostile to Labour, the party will be disrupted.—Aus’-N.Z Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 July 1924, Page 9
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