AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15987, 2 December 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Australian and N.Z. Cable AssociationReceived December 3, 10.50 a.m. SYDNEY, December 2. An expedition from the London Tropical School of Medicinoe has arrived, en route to the Gilbert and Ellio© Islands, to investigate tropical diseases. Although not -abandoning the principle of the Children’s Maintenance Bill, the Government has decided to accept the Board of Trade’s declaration of a living wage of <£3 17s. MELBOURNE, December 2. The Government has decided to distribute the canteen profits to dependents of deceased soldiers. The Federal Government has announced that they are giving the Northern Territory a representative in the Senate, who will bo entitled to speak and vote on all Northern Territory questions.