AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18573, 27 November 1920, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph—Proas Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY. November 26. Mr Justice Pring opens an inquiry on Monday into allegations of graft in connection with the Georgesou Wheat Inquiry. A returned soldier named Alexander M’Lean fatally shot a girl of eighteen and committed suicide at Macksville. Tho motive was jealousy. The annual conference of th© Na~ tiohalist Party adopted ft resolution in favour of an increase in invalid and old ago pensions, in view of tho high cost of living, and Government supported hospitals, instead of leaving those institutions dependent on pitbMo subscriptions. t PERTH, November 2C. Mrs Clapham was olected alderman in tho City Council!. The Labour candidates were defeated. The electors were apathetic, onlv 10 per cent voting. NEWCASTLE, November 20. Hie Anglican Synod passed a resolution against prohibition, but urged tho peoplo to mako a close, study of the liquor problem with a view to reforming tho trade. Tho Commission recommends that tho salaries of mombers of Parliament shall bo £875, of Ministers £1945, of tho At-torney-General £2095. and of tho Premier ' £2445. (This is in correction of a previous message.) Tho Labour caucus adopted the recommendations, and also commensurate increases for tho Speaker and chairman of committees, and recommended that n Bill to give effect to the proposals immediately be introduced to Parliament. The increases in Ministers’ and members’ salaries involve an additional annual expenditure of £50,000.