AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1923, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

POSITION OF THE COMMUNISTS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, June 12. The Labor conference approved of the abolition of the pre-election ballots and appointed a committee to devise a substitute scheme. There was considerable discussion on the question of the standing of the Communist Party created by the adoption of the resolution in favor of its affiliation with the Australian Labor Party. The chairman, Mr. Willis, ruled that from the Labor standpoint the Communist party had ceased to exist as an independent party. The conference by vote upheld this ruling. Previously Mr. Willis had pointed out that the proposed admission of Communists simply meant that such proposal was to be submitted to the next conference. Pending that, the position had not been altered, the conference having expressed an opinion on the principle only. FREEZING WORKS FATALITY. Sydney, June 12. A blow-off pipe underground at the Carcoar freezing works split on the underneath side for ten inches. 9 stream of steam and water at a pressure of 1501 b. to the inch spurted forth, making an excavation of six feet in length, three feet wide, and two feet deep. Stanley Cowan, endeavoring to locate ibe valve handle to shut off the cock, fe’l into the excavation containing hot mud, and was scalded to the neck. He was taken to the hospital, where he died last night. Charles Arnold, an engineer, also fell ii to the hole a’nd was severely scalded. ADDITIONAL POLICE. Melbourne, June 11. Cabinet is immediately appointing 45 additional policemen in consequence of a crime epidemic regarding women and girls.