AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 225, 21 March 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

A VALUABLE PROPERTY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, March 20. The property occupied by the New Zealand Government Office, with a frontage of 30ft. to Collins street, has been sold for £26,000. RISE IN THE PRICE OF MEALS. Sydney, March 20. Owing to the increased cost of food the majority of restaurant keepers are raising the price of meals threepence and sixpence. THE VEND CASE APPEAL. " Sydney, March 20. Supplementary completed notices of appeal in the vend case have been, lodged. The colliery proprietors are contesting the judgment on thirty grounds, the shipping companies on sixteen, and Messrs. J. and A. Brown on twelve. UNIONISM RUN MAD. Brisbane, March 20. Only members- of trade unions will be allowed to compete at the next May Day sport, owing to several athletes having acted as special constables during the strike. MR. IRVING ON NEW ZEALAND. } Sydney, March 20. Mr. H. B. Irving, the actor, made a special study of the question of crime and drink in New Zealand and expressed surprise that prohibition was gaining ground there, because compared with the United Kingdom New Zealand was a sober country, consuming only half the quantity of liquor per head that was drunk in Britain. J .