CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 June 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

[ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPTBIGHT.J [FEE PREiS ABBOOIATIOH.] (Received This Day 11.50 a.m.) AUSTKALIAN~Ni2WS. Sydney, This Day. There arc many press tributes to the late Victor Trumper. Four judges of the Supreme Court 3have 6ent seven sons to the front. Lieut. Street, son of Mr Justice Street, has been killed and a son of Mr Justice Simpson wounded. The "Walter Hall Trust lias donated .£4500 to the Australia J>ay Fund. In the Assembly the "Minister tor Agriculture gave an assurance that the would look after the crops -of any farmer wishing to go to the front. >Mr Hall also announced that the Government intended to take up a co-operative wheat-buying scheme to prevent competition for wheat by private merchants. Government would also conduct the rabbit-supply business to assure cheap meat arrangements. Manufacture of .munitions is progressing. ißeeides stilled wwkers, men in many other occupations are entering to work in spare time and overtime. Those offering include women. Captain Bean, Australian official correspondent, says that as far as anyone on the spot can learn there is not the least element of truth in any atrocity 6tory. The Hon. Mr Carmichaei, in » speech, stressing the critical war position as revealed in the cablegrams, again strongly urged the adoption o; his scheme for compulsory registration and compulsory drill of all eligibles. There was need, he said, to have ths nation in arms with a defiiuttf-tfWJect, and (prepared to defend Australia against all-comers. Melbourne, This Day. The Lord Mayor presided at a big meeting (representative of ah parties and classes) that declared itself in favour of the caseation w7 poli'#al party strife during the continuance of the war. > > •-■ > Sydney, This Day. Private J. W. Borehan, killed ut the Dardanelles, was employed on the Sydney tramways, and was the son <( Mr Stephen Boreham, of Dunedin. Melbourne, This Day.

A young man named Davidson was fined £10 for using disloyal words. He said that all Australians who had gonu to the front were rotters and offered to bet £5 that the Germans would lie liere within six months. The Magistrate'" in telling Davidson that he ought to he fighting at the front, declared .that he was not tit to wipe the shoes oj' those who had gone to the front. Brisbane, This Day. Acting; under an agreement with th? Federal authorities the State Government acquires the -whole of the 191? sugar production of Queensland at a price, averaging £18 per ton for raw sugar. The Commonwealth Government than will purchase at cost prvse and seff it to the community, using 't's powers to place the product on the market at ite own expense and at the best possible- price for the consumer. The •agreeiDen*' provides for the Commonwealth ami Queensland Government" 1 to co-opwmte for the benefit of bh« •consumer**and the protection of thos< •engaged in i,ndu*try-.

Mr Ti Ryan, Premier, considers that the arrangement is a strong guarantee of stability for the industry and a solution of the present difficulties. He anticipates that the existing refineries will refine <the raw material, and doea not think that any difficulty will arise on tfhiß phase of the question, but special legislation might become neces-' eary. It is estimated that the crop will be from 120,000 to 150,000 tons and on this estimate the purchasing price of ■the crop will be about £2,250,000.