Show There Is a struggle In Australia over the question of free passes Every member of the ministry gets a little gold pendant to wear on his watch chain which entllles him to a free ride over every railroad for all the rest of his life and the holders of these passes as a rule pass their whole families on them In one of the recent debates In the Parliament of Australasia the fact was developed that Dr McKay who was rejected by his constituents for opposing free passes for troops bound for South Africa had the free use of State railroads for life although the only claim he had to free transportation trans-portation for life was because he was once Minister of Education for ten days |