AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2587, 8 October 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

- NEW LIQUOR LAW IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA • HCXfEM TO CLOSE AT SIS O'QLOOK, 1 * , By ABSoclntion-CopyrlßM ■ •■■■'.•. Adelaide, October 7. 1 The Council litis passed a . Bill closing hotels iat 6 o'clock. A : further amendment of the Licensing Act - . wjll be pecesssry to bring the JJil! iii{q ■ operation at .'the ejspivy of present licenses in March. . SUPPLYING LIQUOR, TO SOLDIERS; • Adelaide, Ootobar 7.: ■ Ai Bill has been, introduced in (the • State Assembly making it- a penal 01. . fence to supply liquor to soldiers in unir 1 ' fprm. i'kSeveral members intimated that they V. would support an amendment making .-"shouting-'.' illegal.' ■ . • ■ - ' • TOTALISATOR- AND EARLY CLOSING. ' Melbourne, October 7. v The> Anglican Synod carried motions condemning tho-fatalisator, and urging • the introduction of- legislation to p.ro- ; vide for a referendum on tho question - ofj permanently.' closing hotels 1 earJier. , RAGINC IN WAR TIME. ' STRONG PROTEST BY p'RESBYTER- ' ' lAN CHURCH. , , l Sydney, October .7. The Presbyterian 'Church ■ Committee -- has passed a resolution of protest at the King's representatives encouraging, rac- . -ing by their attendance at meetings, i-' : '-y >!"wnich are at all times a-menace to the ' ; morality of the commwjty, and qgpeds ■■«... ally'dangerous iu war time.-' .The com*. . mittee oannot find terms -"sufficiently :. .".strong to indicate its-abhorrence of ..this. • riatlonal hypocrisy, which with one hand ■ • - pleads for recruits and economy and ■ with the other encourages the ■ institution of a .conspicuous and deleterious influence and an extraordinary waste Of V ■' • money through gambling." , \ ■ Copies of t-Jio resolution nave been sent to tho Governor-General, _the Prime - Minister, and the State Premiers, . THE KIDMAN CASE. SUPPLIES FOR LIVERPOOL OAMP. (Roc. October 7, 10.45 ji.m.) , Sydney; Octobcr 7.. • Giving evidence in the case against Kidman (allegations of exploitation in ; army supplies contracts), Paymaster Do, r - ! "Witt stated that ]io received instructions from headquarters that no more - of Kidman's tenders were to bo accept-. ' ed. After Kidman ceased to supply ;tho I Liverpool Camp the Government had to* i i pay more for. its supplies. Ho had ■ known Kidman as a satisfactory con- • .tractor for military supplies for years. " i* QUEENSLAND BUDCET. FORECAST oi/WAR DUTIES. Brisbane, October 7. . A forecast of the Budget discloses new ■ ■ - taxation on. automobiles, -theatre > and show tickets, increases in railway ■v- v:,.fares and! freights, and further land tax- ■. ation. '' . , , THE WHEAT CLAIMS. Sydney, October 7. Before the Commission which is in- . quiring into tho wheat claims, ouderce was given-that the. Government had imported to date 91,868,685 pounds of . wheat,, costing £474,980. -The Common-' wealth had entered into an agreement. ■' to secure.freight for, tho exportable.eur- , - plus wheat. . THE TRAIN SMASH IN SOUTH . AUSTRALIA. -Adelaide, :October.7. ■ further particulars regarding - the ■ train : collision at Henly Beach- show- . that the two drivers were also injured, • Driver. Fahey seriously, v Some of the , ' ' passengers - who were imprisoned .in: a telescoped carriago were rescued with.i out injury other than shock and- abrasions. ■