GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2315, 24 November 1914, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tflleera.pl!.—Pwes Association—Copyright

COMMONWEALTH WHEAT CROP

APPEAL' TO FARMERS.

Melbourne, November 23. Sir A. Peacock, Premier of Victoria, strongly appealed to. farmers to put the greatest possible area under wheat. . The Hon. W. A. Holman, Premier of New South Wales, will confer to-day with the Commonwealth and State authorities, with a view to collective action in the distribution of the available Commonwealth wheat crop, and in the importation of any wheat required.

. FIRES .IN MELBOURNE.

BIG TOAL OF DAMAGE., x . Melbourne, November 33. Two more fires have occurred, at Stone's boot factory and Price, Griffiths, merchants. The total damage at tjieso and Schwartz's fires is estimated at over £80,000.

SUGAR BUYERS IN QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, November 23. Tile annual report of the Sugar Bureau showed that a large number of Austrian, Russian, Spanish, Greek, and Italian buyers, particularly the last'' named, had been purchasing sugar on the farms.

SHIPMASTERS FINED FOR CHINESE DESERTIONS.

(Reel November 23,-9.20 p.m.) Sydney, November 23. . Fines totalling £1000 have been imposed on ten masters of vessels from which .the Chinese/members of tho crews ■ had deserted".

STORM ON LAKE SUPERIOR.

fTew York'i November 21. Twelve bodies have been recovered from Lake Superior, the result of a terrific storm. Much wreckage has como' ashore, including iife-belts from the steamer Curtis, whose fate is unknown, . ■ ■