AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1077, 25 July 1924, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received July 25. 11.15 a.m. MELBOURNE, July 25. Air Prendergast informed a deputation asking tiiat an inquiry be made into the recent increase in the price of bread that one policy of the Ministry was to establish State flour mills. A board of inquiry would be eei up immediately to deal with the price of bread. 'The Ministry wus not going to let the price ol bread go up without publicity being given to whatever justification existed. Following the discovery of a scull at ( helsea, a black tracker discovered the decomposed body of u woman hidden in tile li-treo some distance away. The body had apparently been there for some months. —Press Association. ADELAIDE, July 25. At the opening of the South Australian Parliament the Governor’s speech forecasted an increase ini the income tax exemption. anil reduction in the membership of the Assembly from 46 lo 35 to be elected under the system of preferential voting. Steps are to" be taken lo create a State insurance fund. The Government is considering the question of providing legal assistance for poor persons. All possible steps are to he taken to raise the standard of education and to prevent overcrowding. —Press Association.

PERTH, July 25. Parliament opened yesterday. The Governor’s speech indicated that a policy of immigration and land settlement, combined with die development of the natural resources, was of paramount importance. The group settlement system, which now totalled 124 units, with a" population of 8776, would be continued.—Press Association.