AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waipukurau Press, Volume 11, Issue 39, 12 August 1920, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PRINCE’S HOLIDAY. ‘ SYDNEY, 'Tuesday. The Prinyc of Wales is indulging in hard riding “out west” and knagaroo and emu hunting. He is enjoying excel lent health. He arrived at the races bathed in perspiration from his strenuous oxer vises. ~ POLITICAL .DESERTION. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Mr idler, leader of the Nationalist Party, stated that Mr Beeby’s accept ance of a. judgeship, with the parties practically even, amounts to desertion from the ranks of those fighting ex (remism and carried its own condOmna The Progressive Party, of which Mr Beeby was deputy leader, passed a re solution regretting his loss, but accord ing him congratulation on his appoint fiicnt. NUN ESCAPES EROM CONVENT. SYDNEY, Tuesday. These is much public interest in the case of Sister Ligouri. a nun, who escaped from a Convent at Wagga and was brought to Sydney where she too* refuge in the house of a Congregational Minister until sne was arrested under a warrant issued at the instance of the Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocese, fiie information setting out that Biid get Partridge, otherwise Sister Ligouri, was a person deemed to be insane and was without sufficient means of support The Court remanded her for seven days to a reception house "for expert medical observation. i he Court was densely crowded. Protestant organisations are taking a prominent part in the case. HELPING- THE POLES. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. The Australian Red Cross has for warded £70,000 worth of clothing, etc., to distressed Poland and accordingly lias gained representation on the Inter national Red Cross League in London. Lady Helen Munro Ferguson is be ing appointed the Australian represent a five. DRAPERY SHOP FIRE. SYDNEY, Tuesday. A lire at-Gundagai destroyed Ryan's drapery shop in Sheridan street, the damage amounting to £lO,OOO. QUEENSLAND CANNOT RAISE A LOAN. BRISBANE, Tuesday. Owing to inability to float a loan in London the Government is unable to proceed with the scheme for settling several thousand soldiers on the land. •Hsu establishment of State iron and steel works. A.M.P. LOAN INVESTMENTS. SYDNEY, Tuesday. The Australian Mutual Provident Society is investing a million in the new Peace Loan, making the society’s total in various loans £9,680,000. N.S.W. PROGRAMME. SYDNEY, Tuesday. The Governoi opened the State Pai liament. His speech foreshadowed amongst other things a Bill for ament, ing the system of electing members of the Assembly, profiteering prevention endowment of mothers, a compulsory wheat pool, giouping State industrial undertaking under a Municipal head the establishment of a Rural-Bank ano a Government Insurance Office the re gulation of hours of labour and the emendation of the Industrial Arbitra lion Act. A Royal Commission is to jmpiirc into the administration of the railwavs including the reinstatement of the 1917 strikers. PARER AND MTNTOSIL BRLSBAN E, Tuesday. Parer and Mclntosh passed Powell Creek, flying strongly. ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE SYDNE Y. Tuesday. The fifteenth meeting of the Austin) ian Association for the Advancement of Science opens at Hobart on January 5. With the exception of the co-opera-tive meeting held with the British Association in 1914, this will be the first held since 1913. It is expected that delegates will be present from all parts of Australasia.