COMMONWEALTH NEWS
(P,y Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright) (.Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) SVDXKV, July I.’. Received July 111, IMS p.rn. The re-organisation of the Git.izen For. ees provides for (10,Ono infantry, 10,000 light horse, ami (iooo artillery available for home Service. Cabinet has agreed to Mr Griffith (who resigned on account of the petrol scandal) resuming office as .Minister of education. The late John Nortons New South Wales estate was sworn at £i(i, I :!♦«. It was stated that the whole Commonwealth and New Zealand estate was worth a:>o,ooo. The farmers’ Conference deleted from its platform the plank favouring the abolition of the tipper House, Planks in tlic fighting platform include the limitation of State enterprises to developmental works and general public utilities, and the limitation of all interference with commerce and prices of commodities to trusts and combines which are detrimental to the general public.
MELBOURNE, July 12, Received July 12, 10.10 p.tu.
The Federal Government will appoint ; i commission representative of manufacturers and workers in the various Stales to visit the Fnited States and report upon the methods of manufacture and nroduction and (he conditions of employment.
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Southland Times, Issue 17784, 13 July 1916, Page 5
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