AUSTRALIA.
United Press Association—By Eloctrio Telegraph—Copyright. THE WEATHER. SYDNEY, April 10. Heavy rain fell over night and the weather for the races is not promising. TI-IE REFERENDUM. The Federal Government will submit the referenda proposals which were rejected last year on the same day as the elections next year. POTATOES. Potatoes are scarce and dear, best Tasmanians being £lO ner ton. THE OLYMPIC GAMES. The team to represent Australia in tho Olympic Games has sailed for London.
CODIPULSORY TRAINING. MELBOURNE. April 10. f Colonel Smerdon, a well-known British scoutmaster, has arrived. . He will study the compulsory training system in Australia. OLD AGE PENSIONS. A return shows that out of every thousand persons in the Commonwealth 19.9 are drawing old age or invalid pensions. The total cost is £2,200,000 yearly. THE SOCIALISTS. ADELAIDE, April 10. The Socialist conference has recommended that all working-class hoys should refuse to attend parades and icline to drill if committed to military custody.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15900, 11 April 1912, Page 7
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