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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXI, Issue 19, 11 August 1920, Page 8

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Press Association—Copyr'gh t. (Received IC.lo a.in.) * Sydney. August 11. ( Mr Daniel Cook, representative ol h the General Steamship Corporation of I San Francisco, is investigating the fi trade opportunities of Australasia and B America. He stated that ho has live i freighters exceeding 8000 tons to he j| put on the Australia-New Zealand run, ? and this number will be increased | later to ten. | The City Council has passed a rcso I lotion in favour of a municipal un 8 dertaking to reduce the cost of. funI crals. § Mr Fuller launched a motion of « censure on the Storey Government, R the gravamen being Justice Ewing’s n inquiry and the subsequent release of s the prisoners. P Mr Fuller attacked the Government | over the proposal t 0 reinstate the | 1917 railway strikers and the delay in | fulfilling the promise to deal with pro. | fiteering. He caused some disorder by & referring to Archbishop Mann is as a | rebel priest, and declaring that the I* two State Ministers who attended Mannix’s farewell should have been severely reprimanded and put out of the, Ministry. He said the action of th e Government over the Industrial Workers of the World case had shaken the confidence of th e people, so far as the administration, of Justice was { concerned. He then moved a motion 1 of censure.. On the motion of th e Pre- | mior, the debate in the House was adjourned till this afternoon. , Melbourne, August 11. The prospect of a. strike among the New South Wales coalminers is greatly perturbing Victoria, as industries are keenly feeling the coal shortage, having to utilise half brown coal, and having no reserve. The war gratuities issued to the cud 3 of July amounted to twelve and a 2 ‘ half million, of which two million has J ’ been cashed.