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COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

PAINFUL POLITICAL CHAPTER. Tnitbd Pan* Ausoomtioh. (Received 10.30 a.m.) Melbourne, May 21. Mr Austey, addressing a meeting, explained that his resignation was due to the fact that he was muzzled and chained by the caucus like a dog-in a kennel. He claimed that the Government had failed in its duty of safeguarding the people by keeping down prices. Mr McGrath has withdrawn his resignation. Mr Cooke, in commenting on the proceedings in the House,* said that they furnished a painful Australian chapter in the war. He added: "Although spurned, repudiated, and insulted by the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General, we will try to do our duty in this crisis, and, as we. have been challenged, wp may call attention to matters of vital importance in which the Government has failed to realise the opportunities and responsibilities of the situation."

MURDER OF ISLAND TRADER. (Received 10.10 a.m.) Brisbane, Juno 21. Passengers by the Alarsina from Rabaul, state that tlie natives wero troublesome in parts of German New Guinea; and it is reported had murdered a white trader. FIXED PRICE OF CHAFF. (Received 11.10 a.m.) Perth, June 21. The Control Trade Commission ha* fixed the price of chaff at £l4 per ton. MAORILANDERS' GALLANTRY. (Received )1. 40 /in.) Sydney, June 21. Captain Bean, writing on June 8, says: Everything is quiet at Enzac. except Quinn's Post, Avhere constant fighting in small parties resulted in a slight advance. The Maorilanders, after gallantly holding a trench for eight hours, were driven out by a fusilade of bomb's, aUd again took the same trench; but again were driven out, leaving things as they were. MEAT FAMINE IN SYDNEY. (Received 11.40 a.m.) Sydney/June 21. At a meeting of the Master Butchers' Association, pessimistic speakers declaring Sydney was faced with a serious meat famine, it was decided ! that in future retailers would not allow credit. It was stated that in the past few weeks mutton had risen a hundred and beef fifty to seventy per cent. Many btitcheres have been fore-' ed to close. ' , i

The Hon. Mr Flowers, interviewed regarding the three hundred thousand carcases of mutton and quantities of beef in cold storage, said it was held in trust for the Imperial authorities, and it was impossible he could touch it. RUSSIAN STEAMER ASHORE. (Received 10.30 a.m.) Fremantle, June 21. During the passage from "Allan to Colombo the Orsova picked up a crew of three men in an open boat, which was flying the Russian Ensign. They proved to l>e the chief officer and two of the crew of the Russian steamer Baron Driesea, which was ashore near Gardafiu. The boat was seeking assistance, and had sighted several ships prior to the Orsova. All made off at top speed, thinking it was a German trick. The Orsova visited the stranded ship, but found no immediate danger, the crew being safe. THIRTEEN MONTHS' STRIKE. (Received 10.30 a.m.) Sydney, June 21. After a strike of thirteen months, the Whitburn colliers resume to-day. MOUNT LYELL MINE. /, (Received 9.30 a.m.) i Melbourne, June 21. Mount Lyell returns from May 13 to June 9 show that the convertors produced 594 tons of copper and 31,603 ounces of silver. The amount of gold was not stated.

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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 43, 21 June 1915, Page 6

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COMMONWEALTH CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 43, 21 June 1915, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 43, 21 June 1915, Page 6

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