AUSTRALIAN NEWS
: SUCAR SHORTAGE. , ■ ' , IMPORTS WILL BE .NECESSARY. ■ By Telegraph-Press. Aasoolation-Ooiyriirlit f.- ■■■■:■; V Melbourne, August 15 I--:-. It is estimated that the total produc-' tion of sugar will be about *200,000 tons [ less than, the estimated ■consumption. !•, It will be necessary■ for the> l/onimon-P-'-v wealth to import during Maroh and Juno 70,000 tons. ! BIGr FIRE AT/A TANNERY. ;< • (Rec. August 15, 10.10 p.m.) ; Sydney, August 15. \ l".; . A portion of Bayley's tannery at Botany has been destroyed by fire. The •. damage is estimated at £10,000. CHEAP FREIGHT FOR STATE : ' WHEAT. Melbourne, August 15. ' ■ At a meoting of the Wheat Board < Mr. W. M. Hughes (the Federal Prei mier) stated that he had succeeded in i ' . chartering 100 vessels to oarry wheat at . below- the ruling ... LES DARCY ENLISTS; i ,' Brisbane,. August 15. •••••! The Australian champion Tboxer I.es ? ; • Darcy has enlisted. ! OBITUARY. Sydney, August 15 ; Priv'at9 . advices report the death in ? London of Francis Prout Mahoney, • ■ artist. ! ' [Francis Prout Mahoney (born in ■ ■ 'Melbourne' in 1862) was one of A.ustralia'e chief animal and figure painters. His pictures of bu3h life are ro-, ' : markable for their dramatic quality, vitality, end truth-to nature. He in ' represented in the principal Australian galleries.] ■' .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2851, 16 August 1916, Page 6
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196AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2851, 16 August 1916, Page 6
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