In Australia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 94, 11 August 1914, Page 6

In Australia.

FOODSTUF.-S AND SHIPPING.

ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT FROM ALL SIDES. EFFECT UFUN THE MINES. (Received 10.3 Oa.m) Sydney, August li. The Master Retailers' Association has endorsed the action of the Chamber of Commerce recommending tne trade not to increase, the prices of commodities until compelled to- pay more. Xney mso agreed to pay tueir employees tne dilierence btwtsuu uieu* .\ages and t.io Uovernmouv pay. me Peninsula and Oriental Company indicate tJiat tiicy intend to maintain mail sailings as, usual. Squatters are ottering horses for die expeditionary force. A number of ministers have volun-

•ceered to accompany the force. Probably j the Dean of Sydney will act as senior chaplain. Lady Patey has formed a branch of che itoyal Naval Friendly Union tor sailors' wives.

Melbourne, August 11. The Hampden and Cloncurry copper mines, have been closed, pending negotiations for financing tho output, of blister copper A thousand men nve affected The tin miners at &m----maville are ceasing, and the men are returning to the cities to enlist The official transfer of the fleet and men to Imperial control is Gazetted The Federal authorities are using every, endeavor-- to present the crisis affecting industries A 1 Broken Hill Proprietary has arranged for work to continue at the present rate of wages, but they will probably curtail the hours of labor. The Mount Lyell and Mt. Morgan companies are expected to adopt

similar conditions. The Central Council of the Employers' Federation) appeal to the masters to do everything to provide work and to confine distress to tho smallest limits.

DUTCH NEUTRALITY BEING CLOSELY-GUARDED. (Received 10.40 a.m.) Sydney, August 11. Ih Stuart, manager of the Royal Packet Steam Navigation Coy, has revived a cablo horn the head office at Amsterdam, dated Saturday, that Dutch neutrality is fully maintained mill respected. No Dutch troops are joining the Belgians. The ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands at Melbourne also wires to emphatically deny that Dutch troops joined the Belgians. Holland's strict neutrality was being rigorously maintained.