Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 40, 17 June 1915, Page 6

Australia

THE MAKING OF MUNITIONS. Unitbd Pbmb Association. (Received 10.15 a.m.) Melbourne, June 11. 4 Mr Pearce states that tlie Governxnent has received plan s and specifications for' shell-making plants, and certain firms are considering them, it . FEDERAL LAIsID TAX VALID;' (Received 10.15 a.m.) Melbourne, June 17t,; The Victorian High Court has decided that the Federal Land Tax is valid.. The main point involved was whether the Federal Government had power to levy such taxation on State property. A- NASTY INC mENT. r Received 10.35 a.m.) Melbourne, June 17. It is stated that large quantities of soldiers’ boots have been returned from Egypt owing to the poor quality of the-leather... v ■ ■ ■* - J * THE WOOL MARKET. j ' (Received 10.15 a.m.) V Sydney, June 17. Wool shows a steady improvfement for the hotter classes of from five to seven and a-half per cent, above last week’s fates. THE LIQUOR QUESTION. . SOME NEW* SOUTH WALES STATISTICS. (Received 10.15 a.m.) Sydney, June 17. Mr Boyce shows that the drink expenditure per head of the population is £-1 6s* *Bd, an increase of 3s 9d, making the increase per head for tho past five years 9s 9d. He attributed this to the wave of prosperity which so greatly enlarged the spreading power, aljd the shorter hours affording workers more spare time. The biggest increases were in the consumption of colonial beer and sparkling wines. He points out the baneful effects of drinking on the war, and earnestly stresses the need of drastic restriction similar to those other countries have adopted.