AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION ON FOOD PRICES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2256, 16 September 1914, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION ON FOOD PRICES

1 PERISHABLE COMMODITIES ).-'■ '.''; ; W-^vScpiember- 15,- 8:55 p.rri.j " ■';■ -■ ' September 15:- ;. , Merchants .protest-against -the Neces- ;--.-, sary.Coriiriipdities Commission's decision •• that seven-days' notice of 'any intended increase'in'-prices.must be given; and ;■ point-out,that-most of the commodities ~ involved-are perishable, and: it is neces- ;"• ,sary ; to,.clear tliemin a. day or-ttvo. f The decision, pf. the. commission, they !■::..' say, wilt;cbmpiet'ely disorganise l traded I : ::,;:;mioEiiF wheat'fixed;; : , •■■••'.■ (Rec. September 16,' 1.3 n a.m.) I : '";".■"■'• .."■■"•' "'Sydney;' September 15. !•' •"-:■.' The Executive .Council has fixed the . : -.price-of wheat at 4s. 2d.; flour at £9 lOs.jier ton; arid bread at per 21b -' loaf. - ". '-■"■" J- " •■-.. ",-: L""'- 'VICTORIAN WHEAT CRISIS. ' '">, " - (Rec. September 15, 8.55 p.'mi)'V !'- -.;.'..".' Melbourne, September 15. | : VAt a meeting of wheat merchants and | . . Diiljers. it was decided to, urge the.Gov- ['. . errimoiifcto'.fix wheat prices immediately r' . to "relievo the tension, and to prohibit ; \.': the .'exportation of wheat' and flour. ■ take over all stock at prices to be fixed ' . by.a commission, and to cancel all exist- '• ing contracts on the basis of the prices fixed. JAPANESE NAVY, SCANDALS - ADMIRAL SENT TO PRISON. ' (Rec. September 16, 0.45 a.m!) • 7 • ■ Tokto, September 14. Rear-Admiral Fujii has been sentenced to, four and a half years' imprisonment in' connection 'with the naval bribery Ca6cs. .