COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9, 4 September 1912, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

NOT TOUCHING THE TARIFF. (Receive:! 10.5 a.in.) Melbourne, September 1. MV Tudor, Minister_ of Customs, replying to a question in the House, said' lie did- not intend to re-open the tariff question this session. the com forts of a home. (Received 10.5 a.m.) Sydney, September 4. A Private Boarding Establishment Association is being formed, which proposes to fix the minimum for boarders and lodgers at a considerable advance on ruling rates. THE PRICE OF GAS. (Received 4, 10.5 a.m.) Melbourne, September 4. The gas inquiry board’s report jusi laid before Parliament recommends Is per thousand foot as the standarr rate. The present charge of 4s 7d as the standard should be dependent on a 10 per cent, dividend, and if a lower dividend was accepted, the company should be allowed to charge more, every penny ■of - alteration in the price being equal to a quarter per cent, dividend, i.e./if 101 per cent, was paid, the,charge should be 3s lid. A model Hill' attached outlines comprehensive .legislation in the matter. i‘■■ -1 -i; * Missive]- 'children.

(Received 4, 10.5 a.m.) Brisbane, September 4. A child is missing from the railway construction camp at Denarkin. The police believe that another child los. at Booyal since the eighteenth was kill cd and oaten •by-dogs which are fro quently seen in the district. ILLLI Li