COMMONWEALTH CABLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5, 6 September 1913, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES

[By ElJjctrio Telegraph—Copyright

[United Press Association.] Melbourne, September 5. At tie half-yearly meeting of th< Australian Steamships Co,, Ltd., tin chairman regretted that the figures did. not warrant a dividend. Six months! working had resulted in a loss Other limp-bwnmg companies, like themselves, were suurprised.at the recent lai'ge increase of expenditure in coastal Wade. This, in turn, was due to' the jncrease in wages and the decrease "in the working hours.of the employees.: To make up a portion ol this, its was proposed .to increase freight rates in July, and probably ;

subsequent increase would bo neees

sary.

Sydney, September 6

In the House of Representatives Mi Palmer'charged Mr Fisher and othei meraberja of the late Ministry with drawing travelling expenses while conducting party political business. He declarer that men in high places in tho Government who used the power and pmi their hands into the public treasury to enrich themselves were guilty or a worse offence than the man who put his hands into his master's till. ' f Messrls Tudor and Eraser warmly repudiated tho -charge, and declared that Ministers only drew travelling expenses jvhen on public business.

j (Received 9.45 a.m.)

Sydney, September G

Max .Selling was sentenced to fourteen years' penal servitude for possessing and using materials for forging notes on the- National Bank of Australasia.

j (Received 10.10 a.m.).

Sydney, September G

In order to cater for the growing demand, for Australian frozen meat on the Continent, the Messageries Maritimcs Cpmpany intends next year to replace the present Australian services by. larger and more up-to-date ve:-:~ .selsi

Sydney, September 6. The British Parliamentarians are touring the North Coast district. At the sale of the late J. C. Williamson's stud the top price was realised by Fortune Hunter, which fetched five hundred guineas. Melbourne, September G.

Mr Macpherson (Liberal) war, elected to the Hawthorne ,seat in the Assembly,! which was vacant through Mr Swinburne accepting an appointment on the inter-State Commission. Melbourne, September G.

The State Cabinet has declined a subsidy for a line of steamers trading to the East.