CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 January 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

j 4 j [ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.3 | [feu press association.! (Received This Day 9.20 a.m.) NEWSBOYS STRIKE. Sydney, This Day. Tho newsboys' strike against the proposal of the evening papers to increase the price to 8d for twelve copies instead of fourteen, has been in operation a week. They have started boycotting the Sun, and are selling, the Evening News with the intention of forcing tho former to give way arid then attacking the Evening News. The tatter has now refused to supply the newsboys. The papers claim that tho street vendors make £5 to £12 weekly. Both sides are firm. The vendors who have the support ol the suburban agents have formed an association. The proprietors liavo issued an ultimatum fixing the price at 9d per dozen. The evening papers arc unprocurable in tho streets. HOREFLESH FOR THE HUNGARY IN EUROPE. The managing director of the firm of Pitt and Sons and Badgery has written to the Controller of Customs asking if horseflesh is exportable. He points out the great demand of meat to meet the war needs and Europe's starving thousands. Horeflesh is highly appreciated as a food 1 011. the Continent. The horij is a clean animal, and the objection to using horses as food could only be sentimental. A client of the firm has a lot of nondescript horses of little value for work, T„,t f„+ «. n ,,1rl l.n n

but very fat. and these ,wo>u-ld be a treat to tho starving 'thousands on tho other side of the world. (Received This Day 9.-15 a.m.) MINISTER'S ACTION CAUSES TROUBLE. x Sydney, This Day. Grafton's demand for separation. was the outcomo of tho Minister of Works declining to continue a free ferry service. RECRUITING. Tho enrolment of recruits for tho current week was double that of any week previous to the holidays. THE AVAR FUNDS. The total of the various New South Wales war funds is £500,037. AN OFFER. ACCEPTED. The military authorities have accepted tho Riflo Association's offer to couduicl tlie musketry instruction of the Ex peditionary Forces. THE PRICE OF MEAT. The Necessary Commodities Commission opens its enquiry into the price of meat on the 18th. Mr Sharp, Federal member for Ox•eley, ■Queensland, declares that the high prices are due to the operations of the Meat Trusts in Queensland, and insists that only Federal action itcapable of dealing with the mattei. SHIPPING. Newcastle. This Day. Sailed.—John Craig for Auckland. . TOGETHER. Perth, This Day. The Westralian General Workers' Union has resolved to amalgamate with the Australian Workers' Union. VICTORIAN RACING CLUB'S CONTRIBUTION. Melbourne, This Day. Tho Victorian Racing Clu'b's contribution to the war fund now totals £5117. A CAREFULLY PLANNED COUP. The investigations into the recent disappearance of £2000 of Commonwealth notes shows -a carefully-plan-ned coud: the narcels of useless T>ar>or

ilea coup; trie parcels or useless paper which replaced the parcel of notes, copying the latter in the smallest detail. Apparently the coup was carried out after the parcels left the hands of the Treasuray and Postal officials. AImTTOTAL. Melbourne, This Day. Last year the Commonwealth postal authorities handled 800.000.000 letters, postcards and papers, ■ ' ■ BBBB»