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Speedy Work
in Parliament,
Recess Starts
The Legislative Assem
bly rushed through
£41,396,284 worth of
.Supply at the rate of
£3,000,000 a minute last
night. .
This will enable the Go
vernment to pay accounts
until "June 30 next.
Both Houses of Parlia-
meht had intended to sit
today, but the speed with
which al business, was
transacted cleared the
notice paper without de
lay.
Felicitations passed be
tween party leaders be
fore Parliament went into
recess until. March.
Mr. P. K, Sutton (Albert
Park) was formally in
stalled as Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly after
Mr. Justice Sholl had
sworn in the members.
New Leader
Liberal and Country
party approval of Mr. T.
.D. Oldham (Malvern) as
Leader of the Opposition
and of Mr. H. E. Bolte
(Hampden) as Deputy
Leader was confirmed
Immediately the House
assembled.
With the Country party
sitting in the Opposition
"corner" benches there
was no cioudo onat one
Hollway "rebels" had
temporarily sunk their
differences with the offi
cial L.C.P. In support of
Mr. Oldham.
' The Hollway Liberals
explanation was: "We
have not surrendered to
the party. We did this
solely to keep the C.P. out
of official opposition."
As Opposition Leader,
Mr. Oldham will receive
an extra allowance of
£500 a year and use of a
Government car. The
Leader of the C.P. (Mr.
McDonald) will be paid
a,njl_plen.
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"The Age" Corres
pondent.
ANCHORAGE (Alaska),
Dec. 22.
Thirty - six Hollywood
actors and actresses who
thought they were en
planed for sunny Hawaii
found themselves in fri
gid snow-covered Alaska
yesterday instead; .
The troupe, en. route to
Korea :to entertain trobps,
ex pr essed amazement
-When they stepped out;.at.
the Kodiak Navy base,
which was covered with
its first Christmas snow
in 10 years.
Back in the movie capi
tal, a Hollywood co-or-.
dinating committee
spokesman said that
flight plans had been
changed because of
wind conditions in the
Pacific.
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