COMMONWEALTH CABLES.
CENERAL ITEMS. Sydney, June 21 The Commodities Commission li.sk authorised i.n increase of one halfpouiiy per pound for the choicest butter, ami a penny for first and second grade bill tors. Th ( > weather is 'utterly cold and wet. Advices have been received that six neu SOOO-toll steamers are being built m iCuglaml for the Commonwealth and Dominion !<ine, for the Australian ami New Zealand tra.de.
The I'Yeneh Consul-Genoral lias :s----sueil orders that all French reside!-.:; in Australia, from the ages ol 18 to -19 years, shall immediately undergo a medical examination, with a view to military service.
Tne Polish Relief Committee that £l-1,000, remit! ed from Sydney has been held up in London, the Bri tish Government fearing that t'is money might be misused by tlte Ger man Government.
Denison's rihanaralla racing stud has been sold by auction, fair prices were recorded. Melbourne, June 21. Mr A. Goodwin's remains are being embalmed and will be sent to New Zealand for burial. (Goodwin was a well-known horse-trainer, whose death was recorded on Saturday).
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 66, 22 June 1916, Page 3
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