GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2323, 3 December 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph.—Pwes Association—Copyright AUSTMIM'S WHEAT YIELD .OUTLOOK IMPROVING. ; ;'■'■■ Sydney, December 2. Wheat farmers are obtaining better results than was anticipated. The Government Statistician now estimates that the yield will be 15,700,000 bushels. Melbourne, December 2. The Federal' Bureau estimates that the total wheat yield of Australia will be 25,000,000 -bushels. New South Wales will produce 13,000,000, Victoria 4,500,000, South .Australia 3,000,000. West Australia 2,500,000, < Queensland 1.',500,000, and Tasmania 600,000. Last year 103,000,000-bushels were obtained. " ; STATE CONTROL OF PRICES. Melbourne, December 2. The., Victorian Cabinet has repealed the legislative prices of wheat, flour, bran, pollard, .and bread. , ■••.. • '• (Rec. December 2, 10.55 p.m.) .' Melbourne, December 2. The action of the State in repealing the fixed prices has caused confusion in the wheat market. ' ■■ The Government, it is stated, has condemned the fixing of prices, but is. lacking in courage to'.commandeer the wheat, and as soon as tho State elections are over is lifting the bar to the free!' sales. Many of the operators have beenca.iight "short" for large amounts. '. The Government now proposes to import, and to do, this must induce thi Federal Government ,to remove the duty. •."■:••■ ■.-•''■; • '■ .. '■ . Sydney, December 2. •In tho Legislative Assembly tho Wheat Acquisition'Bill was 'read a-eec-ond time.- .vy ■'■'■ .•• '.'.". . ■ • (Rec. December 2, 9.20 p.m.) • :. : Sydney, December 2. Explaining 'the provisions' of the Wheat Bill, Mr. D. R. Hall (AttorneyGeneral) says that the Government does not propose to 'purchase every bushelof wheat which is grown, but will offer ss. a bushel to the farmers desiring to sell. In the event of the.market failing, it will hold no responsibility to recoup tho farmer who ie holding stocks. The farmer will not bo allowed to sell elsewhere. ■■ Adelaide, December 2. The pre-harvest wheat estimate is 46.064,761 bushels. ; THE MEXICAN TANGLE SITUATION AT THE CAPITAL. New York, December 1. During the siege of Nacaj in the State of Sonora, in Mexico, over a.score of Americans in Naoa, Arizona, wore • hit by bullets flying across tho frontier. One was killed. The "United States Customhouse was> wrecked by a shell. Washington, December 1. Sir Cecil Spring-Rico announces that good order prevails in Mexico City. Presidout Wilson has warned the public iiot to believe tho reports of trouble in Mexico. Many people in Mexico, he says, are only too interested to keep tbe revolution alive. General Villa has reached the capitaj, which- ho entered peacofully, with Gutierriez. ' ITEMS IN BRIEF SIGNED ARTICLES CONDEMNED. (Hoc. December 2, 10.55 p.m>) Melbourne, Docqmber 2. Before the Electoral Commission, the editors of both the "Argus" and- the "Ago" condemned the. signed newspaper article. The editor of tho "Sydney Morning Herald? , , favoured it. [Political articles and reports of political events were mado compulsory by the Federal Labour Government J