COMMONWEALTH CABLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 23, 13 December 1919, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES

I 'Preai (Received 8.45 a;m^) Sydney,' December 13

• R. D. Meagher's seventh applica- ; - tidin 1 : for< re-ihsWfcem'etit'' on the roll n:;„of solicitors w&s refused. i '"'' ■•■':<"■•'. ','• Hobai't, December 13. lU33tiTlasi ■ A&gtK&bl^f ' i! t 11 fßedp«^J(|t«^il^fpr^Jt3S&& ,l)i i i ol cc-'nrpen-' qi'i proposal to take a referendum on the question of. prohibition %itb eomperi- .) sation by,the State was defeated!- "" (Received 11.10 a.m.) , Sydney, December 13. Official statistics show that the population of New South Wales is. 1,984,304. ' ..■'"■

Adelaide, December 13. Lycett, tennis player, was arrested on the ove of his departure for England on a charge of leaving his childfen without? support. / Melbourne, December 13.

KThe oversea shipping dispute has ended," the ; ,men. agreeing to abolish the go-slow. The shipping, companies as final the decision 'of'the High Court on the recent ap?. ! peal by. the; employers. against thepower of the Federal Arbitration Court to make ih© award l retrospective. The coastal marine engineers, who are dissatisfied with; the recent iUcreasedl wages, have decided to ieease work in all the States.