AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2960, 26 December 1916, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

CONTROL OF MEAT EXPORT TRADE By TelecraDh-I'ress AsssocLation-Copyrijjlit (Rec. December 24, 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, December 24; An influential deputation of meat exporters urged Mr. Hughes to exercise, control .on the export trade owjng to the Queensland border restrictions. Mr. Hughes . promised to investigate tho matter. ' LEGISLATION IN TASMANIA. /fATTI'HiSALL'S TAX, (Rec. December 24, o.u p.m.) Hobart, December 'Ml Both Houses have passed the Amusements Bill, also measures for increasing Tattersail's prize money tax, and stamj) duty on tickets, and authorising .the Government to purchase tho La lrobe shale : oil works for £65,000. X entertainments tax. OPERATES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. (Rec. 24, 5.5 p.m.) • T , Melbourne, December 24. lhe Entertainments Tax operates from, January 1 -with the affixing of a penny stamp on shilling tickets and a halfpenny on each additional sixpence^ PRICE OF COAL. • VARIATIONS IN CONTRACTS. (Rec. December 24, 5.5 p.m.) , Melbourne,. December' 24. A regulation just gazetted permits variations of the price of coal in existing contracts. FLOODS IN TASMANIA. CROPS AND PROPERTY DAMAGED. (Rec. December.,24, 5.5 p.m.) Hobart, December' 24. Floods seriously damaged crops and property. The railway damages alone total £10,000.. • DAYLICHT SAVING.' COMES INTO OPERATION. Melbourne, December.23. _ A proclamation authorises tho operation "of the Daylight Savihg Bill from January 1 next. (Rec. December 24, 5.5 p.m.) \ Melbourne, December 24. The clocks will be advanced one Lour from. two o'colck in the morning of January 1 uiitil tho same hour on the last Sunday of March, when they will bo put back until the end of September. CHRISTMAS IN SYDNEY. (Rcc. December 25, 31.5' p.m.) Sydney, December 25. Christmas was quiet, and dull. The weather was sultry.