CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 July 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

[ELECTa 10 TELEGHAI'fI —COi'YUIUHT.J [PEK I'HKSS ASSOCIATION.] SAVING. London, July 23. In the House of Commons was read the second time, a bill lor postponing municipal elections for a year. The preparation for tliis year's register has been abandoned and a saving . f £100,000 effected. AVOIDING 13R1T1.SU CENSORSHIP Copenhagen, July 23. A Swedish company, has been formed to erect a wireless station at Karlborg lor direct communication with America thus avoiding British censorship. Received This Day, 10.10 .a.m. AUSTRALIAN MOWS. Sydney, July 23. To mark the anniversary of the commencement of the war the Government has decided thai a serious effort he made on August sth for a. record recruiting day. It- is now claimed that New South Wales's low record ot recruiting averages is clue to the inclusion of men from Broken Ilill the Riverti and Northern Rivers districts in the lists of the three adjoining States. ■

Captain Bean, in a cable da ted 12tli July, mentions that a hat.fclc.slnp for tht first time is bombarding the summit of Achi Baba. Tlfe mountain looked like a crater as the great shells burst oil it. A city drug importer was fined £200 for attempting to trade with the enemy. Newspaper special articles strongly press upon the need for public and private economy, devoting the "Saving to war purposes. Melbourne, July The Senate has passed tTTe War Cen fiiis Bill. The Hon. Mr Miller declared that seventy-four million pounds storing -would have to be raised by loan t taxation in Australia during the uex'. twelve months, and there was no guarantee existing that loans would be renewed, which greatly accentuated the seriousness of the financial position. In the House of Representatives the Hon, Mi* Fisher in reply to a question said there had been negotiations between the Imperial and Dominion Gev uruments with a view to consultation with responsible ministers prior to any peace settlement, but the most information came through the press in the (shape of answers to questions in the Imperial Parliament. L'ersotially, Le did not think the British Government realised the position of the distant dominons. Under arrangements with the wheat producing States the Federal Government has placed the providing of freight for the surplus wheat in the hands of IClder Smith Company, and the Gibbs Bright Company, ■who arc confident of securing sufficient shipping to meet all iT<|iiireiueiits. The Broken Hill Proprietary Conpanv declared a dividend of Is payable oil 11th August. The seventeen German prize ships in Australia, utilised as transports have earned £300,000 in freight.