COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 93, 22 April 1915, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

WANT OF CONFIDENCE MOTION. U,nitkd Peehb AsiaopiAyioit. (Received 10.5 a.m.) , Melbourne, April 22. In the Assembly, Mr Eimslie movecj a (notion of want of confidence, which was based irpinly on*-charges of mal* % administration in respect to the Go J vernment’s purchases of wheat and the regulation pricosvof food. The debate was adjourned. BRISBANE WOOj. SALES, (Recurved 10.15 a.m.) k Brisbane, April 22. At the wool stiles, competition was keen, and in.general, prices were firm, hut about fjve per cent, below the late jsalps. >THE AMERICAN (Repejyed 9.1 p p..m.) Sydjgej, April 22. Hon. Andrew Fisher..(Commoinvealth Premier) writing to My, Holman with reference to Xielsenbs'suggested faster American mail service,' says the Post Office is already paying a much higher subsidy for the overseas mail than the circumstances of the Postal Department justify. Moreover, with the cheaper week-end deferred cables, he considered there was no warrant for increasing the cost - in order to secure a shortening of the time of transit. He also doubted if vessels ensuring the quicker transit woulJ he suitable for trade purposes.