AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2518, 20 July 1915, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

SUGAR PRICES IN THE VARIOUS STATES. ' .UNIFORM RETAIL TARIFF ALL ROUND. B/Telegrapi—Press Association-Copyright . , Melbourne, July 19. The Hon. Wl M. Hughes (AttorneyGeneral) states that the wholesale price of sugar in tho various States is: Brisbane and) Sydney. £25 10s.: Melbourne. £25 12s. 6d.; Adelaide, £25 17s. 6d.; Perth, £26. Arrangements for distribution are left in the hands of the Colonial Sugar Company. The retail price in all States is now 3d. per pound 1 , which is not likely-to yield any profit outside Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney.

FOOD SHORTAGE RELIEVED. I STEAMER WITH BIG CARGO ■ ARRIVES.; (Reo. July 19, 10.65 p.m.) Sydney, July 19. 'A' steamer arrived with big consignments of American, wheat, butter, cheese, and fodder. This has somewhat relieved the famine in these commodities. Giving evidence before tho Commodities Commission, in favour of an increase in the price of oatmeal, Mr. Scott, manager of Messrs. Parsons Bhotliers, stated that foreign oats showed 40 per cent, more liusk and waste, and also 10 per cent, more dust and rubbish,' than thio' New Zealand product.

LIVERPOOL CAMP INQUIRY. GERMANS' AND SOLDIERS' OAMPS CONTRASTED. (Reo. July 19, 9.10 p.m.) Sydney, July 19. At the Liverpool camp inquiry, Major Sands, the Commandant of. the German concentration camp, gave- audience that the latter camp was on high ground;' while the military camp was low-lying, and subject to flooding-and fogs.. There had been no illness in the Gorman camp, which was provided with many conveniences,' including unlimited hot water, food, mosquito nets,' electric lighting, and plenty of warm clothing, chiefly resultant, from the profits of the canteen. ■ Though provided with' the same : rations, the Germans got 20 .per • cent, more value than did the Australians out of their food, ■

OBITUARY. MR. MARSHALL HALL, MUSICIAN. Melbourne,' July 19. Obituary.-r-Mr; Marshall Hcill, professor of: music; is dead.' ~ ' ; [From 1891 to 1900 Professor Marshall Hall, was Ormbnd: Professor of Music at. Melbourne University,, and upon his resignation' became director of the Albert Street Conseryatorium. Ho devoted himself to teaching and concert-giving. Ho was tho author of .numerous compositions, including three operas,, for wliich he wroto the libretti and mueic; several works for the orchestra, string quartets, and songs. He was:born in London, educated at King's College and Oxford. .He studied at the Royal College of Music, and in Switzerland and Germany. Before leaving for Australia he was conductor of the Choral and' Orchestral Societies of tho London Organ School.]

ITEMS IN BRIEF. , BENEFICIAL RAINS. . (Reo. July 19, 8.25 p.m.) . Sydney, July 19. Beneficial rains have fallen over tho whole of the State. > VICTORIAN OVERSEA TRADE. (Rec.'jJuly 19,10 55 p.m.) Melbourne, July 19. .Victoria's oversea imports for the half-year ended June'. decreased by £2,324;775, while thtf" exports decreased by £2,234,746.

MANUFACTURING TOLUENE. Melbourne, July 17. The Munitions Cwnmittee has . appointed'a sub-committee to inquire into the possibility of manufacturing toluene. [Toluene is obtained from ■ benzole, which againis distilled from coal Toluene is the basis of trinitrotoluene, the principal- high explosive now in use. It requires large: and expensive plant for its manufacture on a big scale.]

. PATRIOTIC RAILWAYMEN. ! ■\ .: Sydney, July 17. Five hundred and thirty men in the railway workshops have volunteered to give.their sparbJtime in. munition work without payment. , ; ; >

NEW ZEALANDERS,ENLISTING. Sydney, July 17. New Zealanders under the age of 21 have arrived with the intention of enlisting,: but lacked their parents' authority. Cabled consent has been received, and tlio affirmation accepted. QUEENSLAND SUGAR CROP. . Brisbane, July 17. Owing to the contained drought it is feared the sugar crop will be considerably less than, was estimated.'. MILK AND SUTTER. ; Sydney, July 17. The price of butter has increased a penny all round, and the price of milk has increased by twopence a gallon. , HOMES FOR SOLDIERS 'AND SAILORS. •; . Sydney, July 18.The Secretary of the British Immigration League has been advised; by the Lands Department'.that West Australia, Queensland, and New Zealand havo decided to allot land to provide homes Sot soldiers and sailors after the war.