THE COMMONWEALTH.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Juno 18. 10.40 a.m.) MILITANT LABOUR PARTY. SYDNEY, June 18. The Labour Conference ended abruptly, the militan + section leaving the hall and holding a separate meeting, where it was resolved to recommends unions to consider, the advisability of forming a party prepared to work and fight for the establishment of .State social democracy. SERIOUS EARTHQUAKE. MELBOURNE, June 18. Rabanl (New Guinea) advices state that a succession of severe shocks of earthquake was experienced on May 7. Serious damage was done, but there was no loss of life. AUSTRALIA’S NATIONAL DEBT. The Commonwealth Statistician has announced that the total National Debt of the Commonwealth and State Governments amounts to £700,000,000, averaging £137 per head of the population.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12670, 18 June 1919, Page 5
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