AUSTRALIAN NEWS
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian ami N.Z. Cable Asrioeiauou.)
SYDNEY, August. LI. A. W . Buckley, who was suspended from his position of .New South,Wales secretary by the Federal Executive of the. Railway Union on Tuesday. had warrants issued yesterday for the arrest of Hedy, formerly N.S.W. treasurer; Patterson, formerly N.S.W. I acting secretary; and Connors, for-' mer executive officer, on charges of] conspiring to defraud the union of | certain sums of money. These men i .surrendered themselves to the police. ! Buckley was suspended for taking! action without consulting the exeeu- i tive - l MELBOURNE, August LI. ! r l lie Minister of Defence announced 1 that two new air squadrons would lie : established in New South Wales out. of the special Defence vote of a. mil-' lion. I MELBOURNE, This Day. The Cdcnely by-election resulted—E. E. Bond (Labour) 4053; 11. V. -McLeod (Conservative Nationalist) 3199. The lawlessness of gangs of larrikins m the Fil/.rov and ('ollingwood districts for some time past culminated in a
pitched battle between two pushes m which revolvers were used. The whole, district is terrorised and residents are afraid to leave their homes after dark.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 16 August 1924, Page 3
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