AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2721, 16 March 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

ANTIMONY ORE

QUESTION OF THE EMBARGO ] —— - : j

By Telegraph—ProE6 Association—Copyright j Melbourne. March ig. - j A deputation representing the' Cos< fcarfiold Mining Company asked the Fed- I oral Minister for Customs (Mr. F. G. i Tudor) for an assurance that the Government would not tighten the embargo j on the export or antimony ore. It was :'j 6tated that there were 110 works in Aub- ' tralia capable of treating ore containing j Joss than SO per cent, of antimony, nor I containing gold with antimony. j . HOLDING UP OIL. j EFFECT IN NEW CALEDONIA. j Melbourne, March 15. j The Federal Cabinot has received, a) 4 communication from the Governor •of i kKew .Caledonia stating that" the action. : \ [of the Sydney wharf labourers in refus- j ing to handle oil was affecting the\ j mines supplying munitions metals. ; ■ The union has agreed to load oil i cargo., ; j v: : SUPERTAX BILL, ; : 'i . SECOND BEADING LOST. J Sycmey, March 15. '-\ In the Legislative Council, the second .{ reading of the Supertax Bill was de* ) feated by 18 votes to 6. j ABOLITION OF GERMAN SCHOOLS, 1 Melbourne, March 15. j The Council of Public Education hatf | carried a motion urging the abolition j of German schools in Victoria. ... - A BARGAIN SALE. I Melbourne,' March 15. The building erected at a cost oi £15,000 to house the Australian.'ex-: ,'j hibits at the Panama Exposition has , just been sold for £800. CONTRACT FOR LOCOMOTIVES. Sydney, March 15. : | TI11? Government has signed a contract! ! with the Clyde Engineering Company, J for 300 locomotives, costing one mil- ! I lion. ■' 'j I DISCHARGED SOLDIERS. ' j Sydney, March 10. • ;■! The Returned Soldiers' Employment i Bureau reports that 1021 soldiers have j been discharged from the forces. _ The ; bureau scoured employment for 583. j WHEAT AND FLOUR PRICES. i ADMINISTRATION BOARD. j . (Rec. March 15,1 9.50 p.m.)_ I Melbourne, Marclf 15. • In connection with the fixing o? prices of wheat and flour, the Federal : Cabinet has appointed a board to administer the adjustment of prices from time to time, and to attend to' other j details.. . j ■ ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A BOARDINGHOUSE INCIDENT. (Rec. March 15, 4 pan.) ; Melbourne, March 15. ■ Mrs. Jane Cromley, aged sixty, was struck ou the head with a poker ma lodginghouse in. North Melbourne.: i Later, her husband, Michael'Cromley, ; aged sixty-six was arrested. He at- j tempted to commit suicide by cutting ; his jthroat with a razor. The wound ig i not- serious. J— r- l DAY BAKINO. j

THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA.

(Rec. March 15, 9.50 p.m.) •'! < Sydney, Marcli 10. ; • The Operatire Bakers' i 1 cdenition. has i decided that. day-baking J>e made uni- j form throughout the Commonwealth j from May 6. VANDALISM. 1 . j A'PAINTING SLASHED. : (Rec. March 15, 9.50 p.ifl.) j Sydney, March 10. _ ; - Some • vandal got into the Art Gai» , lerv and slashed Cadagon- Cowper 8 ; picture "The Bride's Door" represent- ,j inc the garden scene in ' Faust, re- , cenfcly purchased for a-thousand.pounds.-It is supposed to be the act of an anti- j German, because of :its originating ; from "Faust." ■ : , murder of A CHILD. Ji Melbourne, March 15. / j The-body of a girl named Doris Foley, j aged four, has been found in Beech- ■ Forest witli her throat cut. \, ..j CHILD" WAS OUTRAGED. j (Rec. March 16, 0.20 a.m.), ~;V i Melbourne, March 15. There are indications that' the child j Foley was' outraged, and the brutally., j murdered. ... . . . w