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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 21, 1929
Page
13
Federal Parliament notes the death of Mr McWilliams and acknowledges his meritorious public service with sympathy for his wife and family. The Senate adjourns as a mark of respect. Senator Elliott gives notice of tomorrow’s plan to appoint a select committee on legislative work and private members’ bills.
The Governor-General states the Senate will consider a measure next year to improve the Arbitration Act and calls for input from employers and employés. He notes efforts to ease disputes in New South Wales coalfields and discusses assisted migration and opposition to a new Economic Research Bureau.
The House was urged to immediately revise defence provisions. Ministers and defence officers held consultations. The Council of Defence backed maintaining the existing army nucleus with voluntary enlistment. Consideration of Air Force future and civil aviation integration followed. A representative will attend the London Five Power Naval Conference in January. The government seeks closer imperial and economic cooperation for Commonwealth interests in the coming year. After Christmas recess another detailed programme would be set.
Former National Party members not invited to party meetings gathered in a Canberra room nicknamed conspiracy corner after the Horse show today. Attendees included Hughes Maxwell Marks and Senators Dincan Alassy Greene with Stewart present by invitation. Hughes called the party's action a con of a long series of blunders that left the once great party on the rocks. He declined to reveal planned next steps, saying details would be made plain in due course.
Ingham reports the Macknade mill finished its cane quota for Victoria with crushing completed by Monday. Victoria expects to finish shortly. Lucinda sugar shipments ran smoothly all season. The Fiona departed for Sydney with 3400 tons of sugar and 600 tons of molasses and will return December 8. All district sugar is expected to be cleaned up by June.
Percy Ramsey a railway employee faced a prima facie case for stealing one case of Lindeman's sherry from the Tully railway goods shed on 12 October. Witnesses described broken bottle lids and related parcels, with station master Devlin and Chauncey noted in the case. Ramsey denied involvement while details of missing goods, entry records, and the damaged case were presented as evidence. He was ordered to stand trial at the next Supreme Court session.
In the House of Commons in London on November 18 the Chancellor delivered a statement on the British loan. The brief report notes government plans and economic outlook discussed during the session.
Britain considers a new main road program placing every ten miles a standard of stone eight thousand and seven hundred tons of cement with five hundred tons of steel as a baseline.
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