COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 8

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. 1 [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Uniter Press Association. (Received 0.55 a.m.) Melbourne, January 27. An exodus of Federal Ministers to Sydney lias begun, and next week the whole Cabinet will be in Sydney. The move is being adversely criticised in Melbourne, and it is suggested that the gathering of Ministers in Sydney is a breach of the Federal Constitution. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Sydney, January 27.

Victorian manufacturers are still refusing to sign the Defence Department contracts containing the objectionable clauses, which allow representatives of labor unions to interview employees while at work on these contracts. Manufacturers in the other States are in sympathy. RISE IN PRICE OF SUGAR DISAL. LOWED BY AUTHORITIES. (Received 9.55 a.m.) Sydney, January 27. The Prices of Goods Board refuses to sanction the increase in the price of sugar from £2l 2s 6cl to £23. THE LACK OF CRAIN AFFECTS FLOURM ILLcRS. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Melbourne, January 27.

Metropolitan fiourmillers are feeling the lack of grain from the country considerably. It is being stated that unless some means are adopted to assure early supplies, they will be forced to close down as the reserve stocks are almost exhausted. CANBERRA, THE CAPITAL. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Melbourne, January 27. Evidence was given before the public works committee that work on the Federal Capital site at Canberra is not progressing at the estimated speed. Whereas it is calculated that 2000 to 3000 men would be employed, at present there are only 400. The public are showing little interest in its progress, and are not evincing any desire to acquire building sites. THE PRINCIPLE OF TRADEMARKS. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Melbourne, January 27.

Mr Hughes, referring to enemy trademarks, pointed out that a trade mark is frequently the public’s only guarantee of purity, especially in the use of drugs. He is endeavoring to find means of safeguarding the public interests. THE RECENT ARREST OF DEFAULTING MERCHANT. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Adelaide, January 27. Branson, alias Jackson, who was arrested on the Niagara at Auckland recently, is a well known chaff merchant who disappeared from home and was supposed to ho drowned. It was discovered that he had liabilities totalling £3852, and it was ascertained that he had received large sums of cash prior to his disappearance, which he had not hanked. Branson was traced to Sydney, where he opened a bank account, and later transferred the same to the Canadian Think. The police failed to effect his arrest in Sydney.