AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 221, 22 October 1914, Page 10

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

SOME NEW BILLS.

MR PISHER ON TRAMWAY CASE, By Cable. — Press Association.—Copyright. (Received October 22, 1.5' p.m.) MELBOURNE, October 22. A document relating to the existence of a German organisation for influencing the Press of other countries has been tabled in the House of Represen-. tatives. New Bills were given notice of for the amendment of the Commonwealth Bank Act in order to absorb the Government banking institution; an interState Bill dealing with the divorce law; a Federal Statute Bill > enabling the Executive to make regulations in relation to the present state of war, and a Bill to. amend the Federal Arbitration Act. The following Bills were passed through all stages: —A Bill to prohibit; trade with the enemy; a Bill to confer the Admiralty or maritime jurisdiction on the High Court and declare the High Court to be a.Colonial Court of Admiralty, and a Crimes Bill. Mr Fisher, referring to the tramway case, stated that the constitution must be amended. - The House adjourned till Wednesday. The Senate passed a Bill granting £IOO,OOO to the Belgian Government.