CABLED NEWS IN BRIEF.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2448, 29 April 1915, Page 6

CABLED NEWS IN BRIEF.

VICE-REGAL BAN ON LIQUOR. (Reo. April 28, 8.40 p.m.) . Melbourne, April 28. The Governor-General,. Sir Donald Munro-Ferguson,_ and all the State Gov ernors are following the King's example with regard to the abolition of liquor from their establishments during th« war. . . , THE PRICE OP BUTTER. (Roc. April 28, 8.40 p.m.) Sydney, April 28. The Commodities Commission has r&- . ; ?nsed an application to further inorease tlio price of butter by 3d.' REBATE 'ON EXPORTED BISCUITS. (Rec. April 28, 8.40 p.m.). . Sydney, April 28. ' The State Attorney-General, Mr. D. R. Hall, has endorsed the impositiort of £3 per ton rebate on = exported bis- i'cuits. WOOL SALE DEADLOCK IN SYDNEY. ' ' (Rec. April 28, 11.40 p.m.) ' Sydney, April 28. ■ Further negotiations with regard to the trouble about the wool sales lave proved futile. ■. THE VICTORIAN LOAN. , " London, April 27. j Each tenderer for £100 of the Viotorian loan receives allotment in full; others get between 50 and 60 per cent. of. their tenders. * SYDNEY'S CHEAP FISH SCHEME, ' .Sydney, April 28. In connection -with the Government's clheap fish supply scheme, the second of the three steam trawlers secured in England has arrived.

WOMEN POLICE FOE, ADELAIDE* : Adelaide, 'April 28. A deputation urged the necessity of having women police to assist the Metropolitan Forces where women .were ' concerned. - , • , ■ The Chief Secretary is considering the request. . • BRITISH MINERS' CONFERENCE. • London, April 27. The Miners' Conferenoe has adjourned till Thursday next. PLAGUE OF GRUBS. " Brisbane, April 28. A pest of grubs is devastating the Northern canafields. ' Many men are earning froin 20s. to 40s. a day catching them. CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES Itf NEW SOUTH WALES. . Sydney, April 28. The Government is restoring the inwements of Civil Service salaries which were suspended owing to the war. NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, April 28. 'In the State Assembly the no-confi-dence motion was defeated by 36 votes to 17. / , DUTY ON WATTLE BAKK. Melbourne, April 28. A tanners' deputation asked Mr. Tudor, Federal Customs Minister, for the of the duty on wattle bark, stating that local production was insufficient to meet requirements. Mr.Tudor is considering the request. DRINK A "GHASTLY HABITS \ Sydney, April 28. Mr. Justice Murray has, in-discharg-ing a man who, under the influence of 1 drink, took another's horse instead of his own, characterised drinking as, idiotic, ruinous, and disastrous, a ghast- , V 'habit of taking poison into the sys- ' tern, 'leading, perhaps, to lifelong mis-, cry. ' ' -