MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.
The committee appointed by the Treasury to enquire into tobacco-grow-ing in Great Britain'report that though a limited number of agriculturists might benefit from a measure of assistance to the tobacco-growing industry, it does not recommend any further expenditure of public funds beyond the help already given by Imperial preference.
Helen Bishop, who was rescued from the Gap, Sydney, sustained no serious injuries. It is now stated that eh© fell over the cliffs trying to recover her hat.
The Supreme Court in Sydney dismissed with costs Scot Fell’s application for a rule nisi against “Smith’s Weekly” for contempt. In view of this decision a similar application against the “Bulletin” was withdrawn.
A conference of Labour Parliamentarians and the executive of the Australian Labour Partv affirmed the expulsion of all members of the Communist party, as the rules state that a person belonging to any other party was not eligible to join the Labour Party.
Following an altercation with a younger brother. Joseph Joyce, sged twelve, committed suicide by hanging himself with a strap from a rafter in a shed at his father’s house at Temora. New South Wales. A strange feature is that a brother aged 18 committed suicide in the same v’ay in the same shed 18 months ago.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 283, 15 November 1923, Page 5
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