AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14706, 5 June 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

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(Per Press Association.)

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Received June -3. at K..(() a.m. I SYDNEY. Jim.- .3. As tile result of the persistent public outcry against Federal membcrr voting themselves £-100 a year increase in salary, without, consulting the electorate, some Labor nieiiil>ers are offering to subscribe 2-3 per cent, of the increase to pariv funds, and otlicr members an. offering 50 per cent. to f<ti 1! charities in their electorates. This salary-grab won for Mr Hughes and other members participating in tiu' royal functions at- Mell>ourne hostile demonstrations.