COMMONWEALTH CABLES.
PRICE-OF-DRINKS WAR. United Press Association. (Received 9.40 a.m.) Sydney, March 6. Some of the hotels have dropped prices below the old rates, and are selling 7d nips for sd.
INCREASED GOST OF LIVING.
(Received 9-40 a.m.) Adelaide, March 6
Tea merchants have advanced their prices 1-id per lb. Bakers have increased the price of small goods ten per cent.
SUPPORT FOR THE TOTALISATOR (Received 9.40 a.m.) .Melbourne, March 6. At a Racing Club meeting in support of the tote Mr Ogden claimed that New Zealaadjtk*fixperience was conclusive proof of the benefits of the machine, which would also place charity on a sound footing.
FIJI METHODIST MISSION.
(Received 9.40 a.m.) Melbourne, March 6,
The Methodist Conference decided against the proposed withdrawal of two missionaries from Fiji.
Dr. Merely, in opposing the withdrawal, predicted that the opening of the Panama Canal would result in the initiation' of vigorous American enterprise in the islands. •
At an enthusiastic foreign mission meeting, the sum of £ISOO was sub-
scribed,
BILLIARDS.
GRAY’S BREAK OF, 1016,
. (Received 12.50 p.m.) London, March 5. ,At billiards against Falkiner, Cray made a break of 1016.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 54, 6 March 1915, Page 6
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