CABLE NEWS.
(Elec. Tel. Copvrlght^-fenited Prias /-ssn.)
«Yl>NE\\ May 1. Cabinet has fixed the term of Mr Wado's appointment as A gent-den era l at five vears-.
Cabinet has decided to termiiiatte the appointment of "Mr Ncilsoii as Trade Commissioliei* to the United States, the decision being the outcome of a report by Mr Wade .that as a commercial office it was not Worth its cost of £5000 per annum.
. Cabinet has sanctioned street collections wi connection, with V.M.C.A; a[\paal for J.une *1, for £50,000 as ' NeW South Wales' share of the association's war work needs. •
(Received May 2, 10.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 2. In order to iriitiirtiise the mice depredations wheat is b'eiiig i'ushed into Sydney from the infested areas. The railways carried six hulidi-ed thousand bags m one week. Arrangements have been made to transport another million. .-•-., ' The New South Wales Alliance is Strenuously campaigning- to bring tli^. anti-shoutmg movetheht into prominence, ;,,•.
The Government is drastically enforcing thte policy that loan expenditure musit bo kept within the specified allotments; which for the current year show large comparative reductions. Tlie impression prevails m the wool trade that the Imperial Government will probably acquire- next season's--wool-on similar terms to those regarding the "present clip. In some quarters it is believed -that control should: contnue not only during the currency but foi some. time? after the war is ended. There are two cases of returned soldiers seeking divorces from the> wives Each wa-5 awarded £500 - damages against the co-respondent. Tlie High Court granted the Queensland Government -lea-ve to appeal against an injunction restraining . it : • from hold-, ing an abolition of the ■Council referendum.
MELBOURNE, May 2
Tho Commonwealth enlistments sine? the Ist of January total 20.000. PERTH", '-^ay 2. Twelve hundred JeAding ■ unionists at the mines .left the 'offitfel; Labor Party and have formed a ,. council pledged to support tlie Nationalists. This action is a protest against the junto's policy of persecution. >
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 5
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