Commonwealth Cables

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 94, 25 August 1923, Page 6

Commonwealth Cables

Press Association —Couy light. • ■ Sydney, August 25;--.• A cable from the Changsha reports that the. passengers and malls were transhipped to the Victoria, to be' taken to China.' Melbourne, August 25 The . ’Labour amendment to the Pensions Bill-was defeated by 37 : to 31. Mr Htighes voted with the .Labour Party. , * * } ; ’ in the Senate! -Mr Duncan com- , plained of the excessive cable rates 'to 'England'/ saylng that they should he/ reduced ijtebm 3/- to 2/6. i The Government’s land charges’ were a monstrbus imposition, being’ *sd ‘per word, or fire times that of the New Zealand rates. The rate could be reduced to lOd per word., Senator Pearce decided to bring the' matter under the notice of the Post-master-General. ' Adelaide, .August 25. "Whitton defeated Sinclair 3 —2 in the Australian amateur golf championship. A „,.|