Australia
SOME OF THE SEIZED WHEAT ALREADY SOLD. / 'i ‘ FIXING THE PRICE OF FLOUR. (Received noon.) Sydney;, September 19. It i,s understood that a portion of the seized wheat was sold nnder contract prior to the issue of the proclamation and will be released, but this includes contracts for delivery outside Australia.
It is announced that the price fixed for flour is a wholesale figure. The Inter-State Conference is arranging to fix as far as possible a uniform basis of prices. - •
DUTY OF EMPLOYEES.
SHOULD NOT SEEK INCREASES.
(Received noon). Sydney, September ID. In the Arbitration Court Mr Justice Heydon, in refusing an appeal against an award, said he did not intend, present to interfere with awards. Re ferring to the dislocation '’made and
the unemployment caused by the war.
he declared that if Government em- / ployees considered it theix duty to tax themselves it was not the time for employees to have their wages increased. They too ought to come to the rescue.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 28, 19 September 1914, Page 6
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164Australia Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 28, 19 September 1914, Page 6
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