Victoria's Politics.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 170572, 3 August 1921, Page 5

Victoria's Politics.

DIISSOLUTION GRANTED. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ! Australian and N.Z. Cable Association t MELBOURNE, Aug. 2. The Governor has granted Mr Law- I son’s request for a dissolution of the , State Parliament. • ! The elections will probably be held at the end of August. I [Mr Lawson asked the Governor to i dissolve the State Parliament, where- I as the Country Party moved for a reconstructed Ministry consisting of members at present sitting on the Ministerial side. Labour was not favourable to a dissolution, but was prepared to risk an appeal to the electors rather than permit the opportunity of dismissing the Ministry, to pass. Mr Lawson said it was impossible to form a stable Government by a combination of any of the two elements which now constitute the House.] dissolution’ onTugust 6. MELBOURNE, August 2. Received 10.45 p.m., August 2. The State Parliament is to be dissolved on August 6. The election is fixed for August 30. THE CANASTOTA. CHARRED WRECKAGE. THE AGENT’S BELIEF. By Eittotrio Telegraph—Copyright. Ana trail an and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, Aug. 2. The wreckage is charred, and includes a number of casks of tallow marked “Pat,” which the agent for the Canastota believes to be identical with the markings on tallow shipped on the steamer at Brisbane.