CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

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(Received This Day 10.35 a.m.)

PARLIAMENT

'Sydney, This Day Parliament has been prorogued from April 9th to April 13th.

NEW SOUTH WALES FOOD

SUPPLIES;

The chairman of the Wheat Acquisition Board states that official i quiries reveal that there is just enough wheat on hand to supply our own ." quireinents. A prohibition preventing the export of flour will probably be issued within a few days. MANSLAUGHTER, A verdict oF manslaughter has been returned against Shaw, a rabbiter, who was placed on trial for the murder of John Walsh, a camp mate. VICTORIA'S WHEAT CROP. Melbourne, This Day. The official figures of the Victorian wheat crop show an aggregate yield of 3,940.947 (sic) bushels compared with 32.936,245 last year. WAR PENSIONS. The Federal Council lias approved of war pensions varying from £52 to Jl's0 V per annum for total incapacity. SMALL HOPE. Dr Arthur Wade, after having spent five months inspecting the supposed oil bearing areas in South Australia, that the chances of obtaining a supply of petroleum in the districts under consideration is very slight.