AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2617, 12 November 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

* '.'RANKEST SOCIALISM" OPINIONS ON AUSTRALIA'S WHEAj SCHEME. By Telegraph—Press Associatlpn—CopyTigh London, November 10. The opinion 011 tho Baltic Exchange i: that tho Australian wheat scheme wil practically eliminate private speculation Members of tho Exchange see no reasoi why it should not work satisfactorily Some, however, see no necessity for thi scheme, which they regard as the rank est Socialism. Representatives of th: Exchango are considering the details [The Federal Primo Minister (Mr Hughes) was recently in conference wit] the Ministers of Agriculture of tho fou wheat-producing States for the purpos of declaring tho rate- and. allotting -0 freight, and tho financing and handliiij of the harvest, and subsequently mad the following announcement"Afte careful consideration of the whole ques tion, it has been decidcd. to declare th following flat rates for wheat and flou for December-January shipment:— Per Toil s. d. United Kingdom ' 85' 0 South Africa (Durban or Cape Town) 75 0 Delagoa Bay, East London, and Algoa Bay 77 6 Java ami Singapore 30 0 Hong-Kong and Manila ...... 30 0 (Wheat, 22401b. to tho ton.) (Flour, 20001b. to the ton.) "There mil bo ample tonnage for Di cembcr," continued Mr. Hughes, "an tonuage for January approximate] equal to tho previous highest shipment ill this month in any year' Applyin tho declared rate of freight to the pr< sent price of wheat, this gives a f.0.l price at the principal shipping ports < Australia of well over 4s. per bushel.' THE BEER STRIKE IN SYDNEY, REMARKABLE DECREASE IN DRUNKENNESS. (Rec. November 11, 11.10 p.m.) Sydney, November 11. At a mass meeting of the liquor stri! jrs it was resolved to resume to-mo row on the old conditions, provide ' there was 110 victimisation on tho pa of employers, ponding the result 1 Monday's compulsory conference. Tl employers' reply is awaited. A few hotels have a limited stock bottled beor, otherwise' supplies are e • liausted. Since the shortage .there h been a marked decrease of drunks I fore the courts. (Reo. November 12, 1.15 a.m.) Sydney, November 11. The employers have postponed the decision till to-morrow, when they w confer with the strikers. COLONIAL STATESMEN IN LONDON. (Rec. November 11, 11.15 p.m.) Melbourne, November 11. In the Federal House, Mr. W. 1 Hughes (tho Premier) announced th , he had decided to accept tho Imper : Government's invitation to visit Lond ■, and exchange views. He added that had! been informed that similar invit tions had been sent to Now Zeala; #nd Canada.