AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 133, 8 February 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

CHRISTIAN SERVICE COMMEMORATION F.e c s Association —Copyright. (Reed 0.20 a.m.) * SYDNEY, Feb 8. A large congregation attended the annual commemoration cl' the first Christian service in Australia,

GERMAN WHEAT. (Reed 0.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb 8. The officers and crew of the steamer Inveran returned with five thousand tons of wheat shipped by the German steamer Rheinland and Anahalt, bound for Hamburg and Bremer, new refuged , in Sumatra. * , ' WOOL FOR AMERICA. ■ : "* SOME PERMITS RECOGNISED. (Reed 0.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb 8, It is officially intimated that permits for the export of weel to America, issued previous to the fourth, will bo tVeeognJfrcd and .isMp-menEa allowed. The Erne was permitted to proceed, SOLDIERS’ DEPENDENTS, ' (Reed 9.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb 8. Premier Fisher states that' every consideration will be given to the claims of soldiers’ dependents. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT. PROHIBITED IN CALIFORNIA. (Reed 9.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb 8.

The Californian Board of Agriculture prohibits the importation of Australian fruit to compete at Panama, eyeing ;to Ute presence of Mediterranean fruit fly. Mr Nielson believes the embargo is utilised to prevent competition with Californian fruit. A DISASTROUS FIRE. (Reed 9.20 a.ra.) BRISBANE, Feb. 8. The damage done by the Long* reach lire is estimated at £34.000. FEDERAL FINANCE. (Reed 9.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb S.

The Federal half-yearly revenue for the period ending December was £15,005,623. as compare! with £10,151,027 for the corresponding period last year. •The expenditure was £15,748,046, as .■compared with £10,897,434. The increase is due to defence expenditure. The Treasurer authorised the issue fund .reissue of notes to the value of itwte.nty.-five million, including twenty million authorised on December 14.

LABOUR-LIBERAL QUARREL, NO MORE COMPACTS, (Reed 9.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb 8, The political truce between the Labour and Liberal parties has ended. Mr Holman protests that it was a breach of the agreement that the same Liberal candidate was contesting the Castlereagh seat, and he states that there would be no further truce or understanding with a party that does net respect agreements. AUSTRALIAN WAS EXPENDITURE. \ MELBOURNE, Peb. 7. ' statement of the Federal receipts u 'enditure shows that to the end aiu exp nar +p e pTvpeditionarv Forces of last J\ S 7 80S had cost £5.