AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14705, 4 June 1920, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[By Electric telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received June 4. at 10.30 a.m. SYDNEY, .Tune 4. The Progressive Party has considered the Government's challenge respecting the reinstatement of the 1917 strikers, and decided that there must be no interference with loyalists who responded to the National Government's call and further that no reinstatements should be made without the consent of the Commissioners. It was also decided that participation in the strike only should not bar re-employment. A feature introduced into the Royal procession will be the participation of 1000 light horsemen. Material alterations in the Sydney programme are likely to result from the postponement. The people are desirous that the Renown should enter Sydney Harbour at 9 a.m. on .Time 16th. but* the navigating officers fear a fog, which idea is scouted by the local onianisers. The Premier objected to the alternative scheme to enter the previous afternoon. MELBOURNE, June 4. The Prince attended a garden party in the afternoon, a dinner by the Melbourne Club in the evening, the Matrons' ball at St. Kilda at night, completing five engagements on Thursday. , . The Tennis Association of Australasia has a "Teed to New Zealand s demands that The 1920 Davis Cup be played in the Dominion. c Mr Millen told the Land Ministers of the various States at the Premiers Conference that their requirements for settling soldiers were of staggering mamitude. It now transpires that the amount asked was £70,000,000.