AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2503, 2 July 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

BREAD CRISIS IN NEW SOUTH WALES PROCLAMATION ISSUED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (R-ec. July 2, 1 a.m.) Sydney, July 1. The price of bread will be increased by a penny oil the two-pound loaf, and flour by £5 7s. 6d. per ton, from July 19. It is anticipated tliat it will be necessary to import two and a half million bushels of wheat. A proclamation has been issued calling for a. declaration of all stocks 'of Hour exceeding a ton. RABBITS TO AUCMENT MEAT SUPPLY. POISONING REGULATIONS SUS- ; PENDED. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright Sydney, July 7. With a view to augmenting the supply of meat the Government has suspended the rabbit poisoning regulations within ten miles of. railways. The Government has ordered a return to be made on the 3rd of all flour supplies. ' , • The State meat export for the.season■ has closed. Mutton exports increased by 401,667 carcasses, and beef declined by 13,811 quarters. MODIFIED STANDARD OF ENLISTMENT. REDUCTION IN. HEIGHT. Melbourne, July 1. The modified qualifications for enlistment provide for a reduction in hoight to oft. 2in., but no reduction in chest measurement. ATTEMPT TO TRADE WITH THE ; ENEMY. MAN FINED £200. . Sydney, July I,' Paul Schlesinger, of the firm of Webef and Company, wool merchants, was fined £200 for attempting to trade with the enemy. ITEMS IN BRIEF. NEWSPAPER SUES FOR HEAVY DAMAGES. (Rec. July 2, 0.30 a.m.) Brisbane, July 1. The "Observer" announces-that the Brisbane Newspaper Company i 6 claiming- £25,000 damages from John Wren, proprietor of the "Daily Mail," for alleged defamation. RECONSTITUTION OF WAGES BOARD. , (Reo. July 2, 0.30 a.m.) ' Sydney, July 1. Mr. Justice Heydon has_ decided to recommend the reconstitution of the Wages Board, formed three years ago and now expiring, until all claims are settled, when ! the whole industrial portion ■will be reviewed. NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCES. (Rec. July 1, 10.15 p.m.) Sydney, July 1. , The New South Wales revenue for the year is £18,927,535, _ ail increase. _ of £628,944 compared with the previous year. There is a surplus of £430,000. MILLION DEFICIT IN TROSPECT IN VICTORIA. , Melbourne, July 1. It is anticipated that the State's revenue at the end' of the financial year will show a deficit of over a milliin. [The New South Wales Premier (Mr. Hclman) was recently reported to havepredicted a six-figure suiplus for hi 6 State.] THE DUBBO MURDER. Sydney, July 1. v At the inquest on the woman Healey, found murdered at Dubbo, three of Ower's companions gave evidence that he accompanied the woman *nto the park. On returning he had blood on liia hands and said ne believed he bad killed her. VICTOR TRUMPERY FUNERAL. Sydney, July 1. There was agreat gathering of sports* men and representative citizens atviotor Trumper'.s funeral. TRUCE TO PARTY POLITICS. Sydney, July 1. Meetings are being arranged throughout the State to protest, against a continuance of party politics jn.the state and Commonwealth Parliaments during the war. \ JAPANESE SQUADRON AT SYDNEY. Sydney, July 1. At a. dinner to welcome the officers or the Japanese training' squadron Admiral Chiska said an Anglo-Japanese treaty, was something more than a. mere scrap of paper. ■ ' " .