AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18574, 29 November 1920, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By I>l«|T»ph—PxtM Association—C©j>yrlg*V Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. MELBOURNE, November 27. In the House of Representatives the Hon F. G. Tudor'B basic wage amendment was defeated by 36 to 18. Sir Joseph Cook's addendum that the Ministry shall arrange an equitable wage was carried. Parliament adjourned to Easter. SYDNEY, November 27. The National Conferenoe recommenfiBd that the National Government amusement tax be retained and ft graduated tax on luxuries be imposed. SYDNEY, November 28. The " graft" inquiry has been postponed till Wednesday owing to the illness of the wife of senior counsel for the Drown. Th« Broken Hill miners har« declared beer " black" until the price of pots pas been reduced from sevenpenoe to lixpence.