COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 21, 23 September 1915, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

* '"'"'* September 23, In Mr Hoimpn .'(Pre-' ! mier) owing ,to .the ~ Liber«f>r^|V#- re ■ t( ?,, res^ am candidate!?: fvojn ,contesting the ; Goyernmenti'seats^fa vacant, , thus forcing the , ftoveVnraent to contest the election, any political truce in the future would be improbable. ' 'Melbourne] September 23.' At the::wool .sales..competition was disappointing, the better classes being 5 per cent., medium 10 per cent., and inferior 15 per cent, below the July rates. (Beceived 9.55 a.m.) Melbourne, September 23. The returns of the number of cases of meningitis among the troops in the various .States show: Victoria 65, South Australia .34, New South • Wales 30, Queensland 14, Tasmania '* one, none. The disease is Teported to have fyeen stamped out in South Australia. Brisbane, September 23. » , A deputation of-bankers protested against certain clauses in the new Meatworks Act, and wished for an assurance of full and complete security over the properties'on which they had lent money. Mr Hunter replied .that the meat .companies could defy P any Government. The Act was essentially a war measure. Though there was a clause dealing with other industries, it was unlikely to be used . unless they stood in the way. Fremantle, September 23. The Hospital Ship with four hundred wounded has arrived. (