AUSTRALIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 119, 13 October 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

THE PRICE 01' WiTSAT. Received h\ 0 pjn. I* udon, OcfoV-r 12. In reply 1' .|iii-ni-: i,, ti.e price /or tho incoming w 1 i. crop. !:».• President of tli. Coram. ■:..n fUt.l: "Wc cannot fix ti price until tho supply and demand an- known, In any case, we have no pov,. rto fix a ; vi< ■:■. auteido Now Sontli Wales, although I do not see why, we should neglect the interest of the whole of Australia nnd New Zealand. The Commission will inspect bona-fide transactions ' r "■•heat is bought at a higher price : nan is fixed later. The Commission ■:.-.■; not contemplate the seizure and _• '.ding at the detlared price." POOD SUPPLIES PLKS'TIFUIi IN GERMANY. PBO-GERMAN TEAOHEK SUSPENDS!) Sydney, October 12. Mt Haterick, a well-known Sydney agricultural chemist, linn returned from a visit to Germany. ll.' left Berlin In the last train before the declaration ol war. He states that the Germans' internal resources arc such that they will be able to carry on the war for a couple of years at least. Farm work waß being carried on by the boys and women. The rye crop had been garnered i!iid was exceptionally good, while wheut and oats promised well The boftiing of the fleet made no difference so far as tho internal food supply was coueernwl. It wari absurd to tall: of starving O.'Virmny m that way. s»; Melbourne, October 12.'"' iA State school teacher, aa Australiantorn German, has been suspended for alleged disloyalty. Pnn:ntn and scholars declare that lie read preiis accounts at tho war to the children, commenting' jri favor of the Ciirinane aud adversely Jc. the Allies. Sydney, October 12. latest reports from Vw Britain state. that there tins been little, fighting sin** the capture of Kabaul. i hr natives her given some trouble, '"it there have )■ BO further casimlt :