At is a remarkable fact that the Labour party in Australia appear ~-er to be taking ballots regarding: who shall or shall not lead the party, @uvensland has had four leaders the movement within a: very:- few, syosins; South Australiatwo; Western "Australia and Tasmania: appoar.rea-l categ town youth with his cigarette stuck at an alarming. angle in the corner of his mouth, wears a smirk of wisdom on his face as he watches expert rapidly cover" the k of a sheep with pair of clippers. Often he assesses quite a.knowledge of the records held by the giants of the past in the once frequent shearing. competitions while he would enlarge 1 Bpon the abilities of the "ringers" of various sheds even though he had never seen the sheds. except Bourke Street picture show pal "But what does it matter? Town and country mix and unmix around the various exhibits and the ever watching confidence man prys his trade amid the new customers who appear every year. The police have been busy clearing all the confidence men they can find out of the ity, 1 but for every one they bundle off distant towns two appear to arrive places. has already been calculated that it would require a train 10 miles long to carry the horses, cattle, sheep and pigs which are-exhibit. To-day inthe quietest day'of all show days, only between §,000 and 9,000 people
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