COMMONWEALTH CABLES

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 20 September 1927, Page 7

COMMONWEALTH CABLES

POLITICAL AND CRICKET ITEMS. BY CABLE—PB.ESS ASSOCIATION —'JOP VTIiiGHT. Received 1.20 p.m. to-day. SYDNEY, Sept. 20. The State Governor departed on the warship 'Melbourne to visit Lord Howe Island. . . The Royal Commission, of inquiry into the working of the Australian constitution since the Federation has commenced sittings at Canberra under tne chairmanship of Professor Peden. The recent decision of the Lang Government to increase the pay of members of tne police by 10s 6d per week means an additional cost to, the- country of £85,000. i News has 2*eceiv€<l or cio-at>n of the British Resident Commissioner of New Guinea, Mr G. R. Smith Lewes, as a result of burns caused by a mishap to his reading lamp. An intensely bitter election campaign is in full progress. Some of the worst feeling is between the contending sections of the Labour Party. _ The New South Wales Cncket Association is badly perturbed over the recent decision of the Board of Control that New South Wale® shall lose a test match, which has been allotted _to Queensland, during the forthcoming visit of the English team. New South Wales is being required to forego its second test, according to statements made by representatives on the hoard. The New South Wales and Victorian delegates each moved to retain this test, but the voting favoured Victoria by four to three, and the board de-l-lined to consider tbe suggestion that the delegates should consult their associations before a final decision was taken. The New South Wales Association has now decided to ask for a rescission of the decision.