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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 March 1915, Page 3

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Copenhagen, March 4. The HoteT D'Angleterre was burnt and 200 guests narrowly escaped. PUBLICANS GIVE WAT. The recent rise in tho prices of drinks has largely collapsed, and the bulk ot the publicans have reverted to the old rates. CASH RESULTS OF FOOTBALL. Tho ltugby League's gate receipts last season were £24,072, an Increase of £7038. TOTALISATOR v. BOOKMAKER. 51r Black, advocating the Totalisator Bill, declared that the bookmaker was a parasito and could easily be dispensed with. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) A WISH TO DROP THE BURDEN. Sydney, This Day. The Hon. \V. Holmau announces that at the forthcoming Premier's Conference, he intends to move that the States hand over their industrial arbitration powers entirely to tho Commonwealth. DRUNKEN , SOLDIERS. Jutlgo Docker, dealing wfEB a military prisoner, strongly condemned the allowing of drunken soldiers to go to the front. It would bring discredit on Australia, and do more harm to our own side than the enemy.

Ou the motion of Archbishop Wright, seconded.by Father O'Gorman, a strong representative committee, with tho Hon. J . Cann as president, was appointeded to carry it out.

FOOD SUPPLIES IN NEW SOUTH WALES. The. Hon. W. Holman, addressing a meeting of the Labour Council on the possibility of workers further improving their wages, said the position was rapidly approaching the limit of what could bo doiio by arbitration and industrial legislation. In the next step, the- aim would not be so much the getting of of more wages, but making the wages go further. After tracing the increase in the price of living he denied that it was due to the rise in wages. He announced that the Government proposed to create a market, and an authority having complete control of the whole food supplies of Sydney, which would be first controlled by the Government and handed over to the Greater Sydney Council about to be created. He outlined the State scheme for dealing with and improving the meat. fish, vegetables and fruit supplies. The Hon. D. Hall stated that the Government starting the breaking ol trusts in Sydney by overtaking the monopoly in the bread supply, and paying bakers on a business basis of so niuch per ton. They first started ui a limited areat and found the State bakery able to sell at one penny per loaf below the present price. This would mean a saving to the people of .£'1,500,000.

(Received This Day 1.45 p.m.) THE WHITE~AUSTRAL-[A POLICY. London, March 4. Tho lit. Hon. Lewis Haroourt, replying in the House of Commons to Mr H. L. Outhwaite, stated, that his attention had been drawn to the Rt. Hon. A. Fisher's condemnation of Sir Henry GaTway's speech re the White Australia policy. Ho (the Rt. Hon. Lewis Harcourt) denied writing to any of the Governors of the self-governing (States, suggesting an endeavour to secure a remission of the restrictions against Indians in view of the services of the Indian troops.

ATJSTRO-HUNGARIAN PLOT. (Received This Day 8.45 a.m.) THE SINGAPORE~RIOT. Delhi, March 4. A communique states that only half a regiment of the oth Indian Infantry, iit yingaporo, was implicated in the recent riot which was due to certain promotions in the Indian ranks before tho regiment's impending departure. Geneva. March 4. A Vienna telegram states that a plot was discovered among AustroFlungarians to receive offers of Slav nationality and bring about a settlement with Russia. The co'nspirafcors belong to the Republican organisation, whose object is to transform the monarchy into a confederacy. The General Staff ordered live to be shot. The picket refused, resulting in the mutiny of the Czech regiment as cabled :-. few days ago. DEARER OIL. Tlie Commodities Commission recommended a.n increase of 6d per case in the price of petroleum and kerosene owing to the increased freights from America.