COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 82, 10 April 1915, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

E/UpLy CLOSING OF HOTELS. (Received 9.45 a.in.) Sydney, April 10. Tl\£ New Sonth Whiles Alliance has decided to inaugurate ari aggressive, jrydvenlent in favor of tjie early closing of hotels similar to South Australia. FIRE IN IfOTOR BUILDINCS. —isrr. (Received 9.45 a.m.) Melbourne, April 10. A fire in the premises ‘of the Flood Company, motor-body builders, destroyed the buildings, together with seventeen motor ambulances belonging to the Defence Department. The damage is estimated at £13,000. HIGH PRICE OF MILK. (Received 9.45 a.m.) Melbourne, April 10. Thp wholesale price of milk has advanced from Is 4d to Is 5d per gallon. BIG DRAPERY FIRE. (Received 9.45 a.m.) Perth, April 10. , Fisher, Beard and Company’s drapery establishment at Fremantle was destroyed by lire. The damage is estimated at £20,000. BREAK-UP OLF THE DROUGHT. (Received 9.45 a.m.) Adelaide, April 10. Splendid rains have fallen in the •outhern parts of the State; and the prolonged drought is broken.

LABOR AND POLITICS.

Sydney, April 10,

The Labor Conference threw out a motion on the Government failure to abolish the Upper House by 73 votes to 38. Mr Holman (Premier) expalined that before anything was done with the Upper House, the Government had to consolidate the position of the Lower House, and but for the Jpir, measures would have been taken. At preijfpit, unless they could catch the Upper House redhanded, they invite their 9,\yu destruction to go to the country on the abolition of the Upper House- “ You will not abolish that House, but will, abolish yourselves,” he sa,id. “The duty of the Government w>U be to raahe the chamber as nearly harmless as possible.” TAlty(Received 9.45 a.m.) Melbourne, April 10. Hr Milne, British trade commissioner, ha* cabled to ]\lr Tudor urging that when reconsideration is being given to tariff preference, that it bo extended to Britain. Mr Tudor promised to consider the matter. MISCELLANEOUS. Sydney, April 9. At the Labor Conference last night the motion condemning the Government was reconsidered, and eventually negatived by 73 to 68. An amendment that the Government is deserving of the severest censure for allowing workers to suffer in this crisis was negatived by 76 to 51. Owing to the scarcity of wheat three city flour mills have closed and a fourth is on short time. It is hoped the stoppage is only temporary.