AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 28 December 1926, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

i Per Press Association—Copyright). SYDNEY, December 24. lhe caucus approved the Child Endowment Bill, which will apply to children up to 14 years. „’ S'* 6 ™® w ’ n c °st the State Ll,ot)O,000 and the employers £5,500.000 yearly. SYDNEY, Dec. 24. In the Assembly to-day Mr Lang introduced a Bill to' amend the Main Roads Act, under which the Government will earmark a certain portion of the roads grant for revenue purposes. In -the fact. of strong Opposition protests, the-Government applied the gag and rushed the Bill through all stages. The Council passed the Newspaper Tax Bill by 27 votes to 11. Mr Shakespeare (speaking on behalf of the country press), denied that the newspapers were profiteering, and declared that no paper in Sydney could afford to sell for less than IJd, and undoubtedly if the tax were imposed, the new price would be 2d. SYDNEY, Dec. 25. A sensational episode occurred in Parliament after both Houses had adjourned on Friday and a seasonal reunion was taking place. The nember?. allege that Mr Lang ■’.'as atuieked by Messrs Voltaire and Mo,esv.o:tb. a i<r r.ier Labour member, that Mr Mnleswortii had an altercation with Mr Keegan (Labour member), who suffered slight abrasions An unseemly scuffle ensued, during v. hich Mr Molesw*orth received a cut on his face. He was then escorted from lhe building.