CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 June 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

i fJBIKOTIUO TKLKGUAI'H—COPyEIOHI.J I |_I'EK PKESB ASSOCIATION.! (Received This Day 10.15 a.m.) ! RED CROSS -'FLOWER DAY." Sydney, This Day. The Red Cross "Flower Day" realised £1700. This amount will be do-' voted to comforts for the invalids from the Dardanelles. REVENUE INCREASED. The Spate's revenue for the eleven months has increased by £337,383. GERMAN EMPLOYEES. As a result of the employment of a number of Germans GOO employees of the Sydney and the Waterloo glassworks struct. The Germans are expert glass blowers and mostly are naturalised. They have been in the employ of the companies for years and are members of the Union. The management points out that putting off the Germans means the unemployment of many others, because it is impossibleto replace . these experts. The company has decided not to emplwy Germans whose work British workers are able to do. The employees at the Neuchatel aspliaTt works, which supply the City Council, struck because two Germans were employed. The management state that the Germans are naturalised and married to Australian women and have been employed for many years. The men laid their case before the Council. SYDNEY ART GALLERY. Sir 'James Fairfax has been appointed president of the National Art Gallory. WELLINGTON NATIVE KILLED Private W. Scoleinau, killed at the Dardanelles, was born in Wellington. His parents are now residing at P.yrniont. SOME PRIZES STILL LEFT. Brisbane. This Day. Ministerial /portfolios are not yet all allotted. DEAR MILK. Melbourne, This Day. Tiie price of milk has been raised to lj 8d per gallon. VISITORS FROM JAPAN. Fremantle, This Day. A Japanese training squadron has arrived on a visit to C'onioiunwealth ports. Admiral Chisaki is in command. He is of the opinion that there is iio need for Japan to interfere in the- European war, but if necessity arise she .-trill send men and munitions and carry out the spirit of her alliance COLONIAL SUGAR COMPANY REPLIES.

Sydney, This Day. Mr Knox, chairman of tlic Colonial Sugar Company, replying to the Hon. W. -VI. 1-luglios's statement on the sugar position, says that the Colonial Sugar Company wrote to the Hon. W. Hoiman five •weeks ago pointing out the probable shortage. The Hon. W. Hoiman replied that ho cleenmd it necessary to know more of the position. Subsequently a series of letters passed between them and interviews were held. but the company were still without confirmation of-the understanding to purchase ;£2.j0,000 worth of Java sugar. He never proposed or said anything: in favour of a remission of duty Ho traverses the Hon W. \I. Hughes's statement that the company (was aware there would be a shortage, and that it could have been averted Not till April 20th was tlir company aware, of the shortage am/ it informed the Hon. W. Holnnr> on. the 20th that it had sold 3000 tons of sugar to Canada on March 12th. some time before the. shortage was apparent. There was no hope of import, ing at less than £4 a ton above what Canada pau,l. He admits that probably the company could have bought for less that it is now paying for Javasugar if the New South Wales and Federal Governments had taken the warning seriously and not delayed negotiations.

Dealing with the Hon. W. M Hughes' statement that the handling o f imported sugars was one of the company's chief sources of gain, Mr Knox declares that the margin of profit is'very small. Ho had informed the Hon. AV. Hoiman that the company expected 4 per cent profit on Java sugar in bond, whilst the distributing trade received free the company's G per cent discount for merely selling the sugar. He denies that any trader or manufacturer was over debarred from buying tho company's sugars ao trade list prices and discounts.

"FOLLOW THE KING." Melbourne, This Day. A meeting of officers of the State service decided to adopt the "Follow the King" movement. A BIG DECREASE The State's revenue for eleven mouths shows a decrease of £422.051. CAUSES OF DEFEAT. Brisbane. This Day.. The Hon. D. Denham, on leaving office, made a statement to the pressHe said flic cause of the Liberal defeat was thr> attitude of the PublicService which had not received any Increases in salaries owing to the war. Another was the unbounded utterance regarding the responsibility of the Liberals for the high cost of living. Two members offered to resign in his favour bu.fc he bad decided that for the present he would remain outside Parliament.