AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2589, 11 October 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

EiRLY CLOSING OF HOTELS

By Telegrapii— Press '/Association—OopyrigM

Sydney, Octobor 9.

1 The Cabinet deliberated the question of early closing, f The' Ministers decided amongst hotels.' shall closo at 10 o'clock, but a caucus will bo asked/ to . decide' whether the hour shall bo 9 or 10. . - ■!

' The Government proposes to.open the .Hotels.'two/hours later and l close an hour 'earlier,/' making/the.;trading hours 8/ to 10. Such an : amendment of the Liquor Act will prevail during thfe -currency of the war; and will automatically cease on tlio declaration of peace. - • BORROWING IN LONDON IiIARKET UNFAVOURABLE 1 Br Tolegrapli—Press Assocl ation—CoryrlKhi

Sydney,' October 9,

I ! . Inquiries which New South Wales and some 'of'the''.other States are making in London and America as to the pros-pects-of floating loans indicate that the London 'market isunfavourable to participating -ill -public worka flotations, .'while .Amerioan.financiers are ■.willing.: to lend on certain -terms and at a rate considerably .'enhanced upon j what' was previously; paid ..for borrowed'money. ■ GERMAN TRABE MONOPOLY IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. By'relograpli—Press' AMociation—Copyrisht -! Sydney,- October- 9. Tile publication of Mr. Anderson's remarks ' in . the' Auckland'. .Chamber'., of Commerce regarding- the German trade monopoly* iii: Tonga and Samoa has attracted. wide- attention. . Representa-; .tires/of shipping circles prefer to say : nothing., respecting; the' --; supplying-. ,' of goods !; t9 '7the';.firm "mentioned* r They R»;reo that it Australia and. New Zealand refused;. to maintain the 'supplies America • would readily fill the breach.; One adds tliat America is probably .get-' 'ting a share of the' import trade already, and is certainly getting a greater •share of the exports than aIP other nations. . together. ; ; .In- the last six .months an ofone;; schwner*.• a month has' been arriving'.at: Samoa, from San Francisco,, carrying from four to .sis. hundred tons,'- and takings 'a way.- copra. It -is fairly' certain - that the, vessels do not. come' empty. . MILITARYMORALITYIN EGYPT By-Teiakrapli— Press. Asjociation—Copj-riKfcv Melbeurnfl, October,9. '< Replying to'the Government's ; inquiry : regarding ;tlie: control of - liquor a,nd military.' morality: in Egypt, the ;cpmmanding;;officer/cables , tlhat the re-sports-are" much .exaggerated, and steps, "have been- .taken ,to control the, sale of liquor.'. . '.' . '■ CHAINED TO THE GUNS. Sydioy, October 9. A ■ soldier's- letter: says/' "Tho -New Zealauders made a charge, and. when :the'y took .the trenches .found that, the Turks had their machine-gunners chained fo : the.guns,;'so 'that they.could not. retreat." -~ . ORDERS TO RETURNED SOLDIERS. : Sydney,-October 9.; - The' latest ' arrivals; by the -hospital ship have : been - instructed not to give their experiences' to the Press.. ' ■ .; ." CARRIAGE OF MAIL MATTER. Mslbourno, octobert9. . Mr. W; G. Spence, Commonwealth Postmaster-General, has; giveii. the Railway Departments of; all the. States twolve months' notice terminating the; agreement for the carriage -of mails, owing to the excessive rates. •' , . MENINGITIS OUTBREAK. i Melbourne, October 9. .1 During the meningitis outbreak there wero 447■ cases. Eignty-eiglit: males and forty-six • females died. : EXTENSION OF IRON WORKS; Sydney, . October 9. - Til© Broken Hill Proprietary Company's ■ Steel . Works ; is extending. its -plant and increasing its output from 125,000 to 170.000.t0ns annually. MINERS' WORKINC HOURS. ■: - Sydney/ October 9. . A' mass of Broken Hill min- , era re-solved to continue the figKt for a forty-four hour week. ; , J DEATH OF AN EXPLORER. s Adelaide, October 9. Stephen Kiiig,. tho last of the Australian'survivors of Stuart's expedition, is dead. ■ : [John M'Douall Stuart, between 1858 and .1862, made .six expeditions into the interior of South Australia, the last ofwhich brought him to the shores of the Indiaa Ocean at Van Diemen's Gulf, at the nioutli of tho Adelaide River.] ■■■;