COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXI, Issue 69, 9 October 1920, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Press Association—Copyright Sydney, October S. The Transport Workers' Federation decided that from the beginning of next month no members of the affiliated union 9 be allowed to work oversea Japanese vessels engaged in carrying cargo from one State to another. The alleged ground for the decision is that cheaper freights secure for the Japanese m° re trade and decrease work for the Australian seamen. Captain Wilkins, second in command of the. Cap© Antarctic Expedition, sailed in the Maheno en route to Monte Video, where h e joins P r Cope. H e stated that the expedition was preliminary to a larger one that wa s contemplated. Melbourne, October 8. In the House of Representatives, Mr Hughes (Prime Minister) replying to Mr Tudor, said the Government had not considered the senate's action In rejecting the entertainment tax, but they would insist on jealously guarding the right of the House of Representatives to impose taxation.