AUSTRALIAN NEWS
MILLERS' LOSSES ON WHEAT • Telegraph—Press Assoclatibn-OopyilsM Melbourne, September 11. In connection with their purchases of wheat from the Government, -the millers ai'e threatened with' a loss of £8000, on ofFal left on their hands. When . the prices of bran, and pollard wero reduced, the miUowners notified the • State Government of tlioir intention to close down their mills because the Government would not stand in on- their mills because the Govornment would not-stand, in on tlieir loss. ' The, Minister of Agriculture replied that unless' the "millers continued grind' ing the Government would: seize two of .the largest mills and supply the people. The flour millers thereupon gave 'way. PRISON DEPARTMENT REPORT. Melbourne, September 11.The annual report of the Prisons Department for 1914 shows a 'decrease of 221 in tho numbor of prison- admis- ' • fiionS. Regarding the proposal to close the 'Melbourne Gaol, the . report declares that"though technical instruction is un- ' questionably a . much inoro valuablo social effort than the punishment of crime it .seems unwise to materally reduce the cadi accommodation, -
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2565, 13 September 1915, Page 5
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172AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2565, 13 September 1915, Page 5
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