THE COMMONWEALTH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16513, 25 August 1921, Page 7

THE COMMONWEALTH.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. fiy Telepraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received August 25, 10.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 25. The State Nationalist Parliamentary Party has resolved that the time has arrived for a return to its pre-war position arid principles, and to remove from its platform any plank relating to the State control of primary or secondary industries. THE PROFITEERING ACT. The report of the Annual Convention of the Country Trades Association strongly condemned the basic wage ancl forty-four hour week proposals as being detrimental to country interests, and described the Profiteering Prevention Act as a dismal failure in securing the «nds aimed at up to last year, when ! a small profit was shown. RETURN TO SIX-DAY WEEK. The plasterers, who ceased to work on Saturday five weeks ago, and who were subsequently put off by their employers, have decided in favour of a bix-duy week. A HUGE LOSS. The Stale trawling industry showed ax. accumulated loss of over £106,000. A COMMONWEALTH SURVEY. MELBOURNE, August 25. Tho National Search Councils* Conference adopted Professor David’s motion to ask the Federal Government to establish a Commonwealth survey.