COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 10, 12 May 1915, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

THE SUGAR SHORTAGE. United Pbsss Association. (Received 9.0 a.m.) Brisbane, May 12. After a visit to the southern sugar districts, the general manager ot the sugar experiment farm, estimates me output at 100,000 tons short of tfie Commonwealth consumption. Large importations will be necessary. THE PREMIER’S CONFERENCE. Sydney, May 11. The Premier’s Conference resolved that leading experts from outside Australia should be appointed to confer with the State Governments in conjunction with the Common wealth Government and report and advise < n the question of unifying railway gauges. (Received 9.0 a.m.) Sydney, May 12. The Conference decided that the states should cooperate in the bulkhandling of wheat. Mr Ashford (Minister of Agncultui o in X.S.W.) is erecting fifty-five elevators at various parts and a huge silo each at Sydney and Xewcastle, and is building thirteen hundred new trucks at a total cost of nearly two million to cope with bulk-handling. THE TOTALISATOR IN N.S.W. (Received 10.0 a.m.) Sydney, May 12. The Presbyterian Assembly, passed a resolution condemning the introduction of the totalisator on the grounds that it will increase betting and encourage women to bet. AN AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY. Sydney, May 11. A prominent farmer named Henry Jones has been shot dead. His son, aged seventeen, has been arrested on suspicion. A POINT OF ETIQUETTE. Melbourne, May 11. Referring to the resignations of Mr Deakin and Mr Xeilsen, the Australian Commissioners at the Panama Exhibition, Mr Fisher said he regretted that the mere question of etiquette had attained such importance in the trouble between Mr Deakin and the Government. The matter reached a crisis when Mr Mahon recalled the secretary of the commission and appointed a new secretary, Mr Oughton, without consulting the commissioners. The latter refused to recognise Mr Oughton and resigned. It is understood the resignations will be accepted . The commission’s affairs ■ will bo wound up. Mr Mahon stated that the work of the commission was practically finished. Reports showed that the American papers were taking no notice of the Australian position owing to the commission not having funds to subsidise the Press for advertisements.