CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 March 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

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(Recoived This Day 9-5 a.m.)

THE SUNDAY THIRST. Sydney. This I>ay. The Hon. George Black, Minister in Charge of I'utenia! Affairs, lias decided the public shall be allowed to obtain soft drinks and fruit on Sunday during Church hours. However, the doors of the shops must be kept only slightly ajar, so as not to offend the susceptibilities of Church-goers. PRICE OF POLLARD. The Food Commission has fixed the price of sharps (pollard) at £11 per ton. RELIEF FOR BELGIUM. The Tennis Association has decided to give the net proceeds of its Interstate tournament to be held on April 16th to the 24th to the Belgian Relief Fund. FEEDING .THE BELGIANS. Melbourne, This Day. The lit. Hon. Lewis Harcourt,, AI.P., Secretary for British Possessions Overseas, has cabled to the Hon. X. Jj'isher .Federal Premier, that the Commission set up to administer relief in Belgium is anxious that only money shall be sent( either through the High Commissioner or Agents-General) and that it be handed over direct to the Commission ,which devotes itself exclusively to feeding the civil population in Belgium. The Commission's Fund is quite distinct from the Belgium Relief Fund, which is a general fund, (Received This Day 9.25 a.m.) COST OF LIVING. London, March 17. A conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain resolved to demand increased wages to the amount of 21) per cent, owing to the increased price of foodstuffs, and to invite a joint meeting of owners and workmen to discuss the proposal. (Received This Day 10,10 a.m.) SYDNEY'S CITY RAILWAY. Sydney, This Day. The Hon. J. Cann states that in all probability the city railway will he commenced in July. CHAAIBERS OF COMMERCE Hobart, This Day. The Chambers of Commerce Congress passed a resolution pointing but the advisability of considering the best methods of consolidating the trade of Great Britain and the Dominions by means of a. preferential tariff and taking advantage of the suspension of the enemy's trade to develop trade within the .Empire. The Conference desired to urge the Commonwealth to continue negotiations with Great Britain and Canada with a. view to jointly controlling the Trans-Atlantic cable. It also deprecated the restriction of output by the Trades Unions in order to secure increased pay. One speakv stated that nil who came in contact w vh organised labour in Australia, found dozens of instances of this sad spirit. (Received This Day 2.50 p.m.) STEVEDORES ON STRIKE. London, March 17. Fifteen hundred stevedores struck because several shipowners refused to pay tho war bonus agreed between 'he Master Stevedores' Association and Hie Stevedores' Union.