AUSTRALIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 128, 23 October 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

FOOD PRICES INCREASED. . VICTORIA'S RED CROSS GIFT. THE CAPTURE OF THE KOMET. GERMAN CREW SURPRISED AND OVERPOWERED. Sydney, October 22. Tho Government has further varied the prices notified on October IG, proclaiming the following maxima:—Bran j and pollard, in Northumberland and j Cumberland, £C Ss a ton; outside these J counties, £5. Tiiis is an advance on{ the prices prevailing in each locality on \ September 10. Bread, outside Northum-1 bcrland and Cumberland, the price pro- \ vailing on August 1. I

The council of the Australian branch of the. Red Cross lias decided to cable £12,000 to London for the hospitals which are proceeding to the front. From further news of the capture of the Komet it appears that the vessel cleared from Rabaul upon the approach of fcho Australian forces. After the seizure of the wireless station, messages were constantly tapped indicating that the Komet was despatching news to the German squadron concerning the. occupation. Eventually news of her hiding place was gleaned, and armed forces under Lieut. Jackson, accompanied by Colonel Baton, with a detachment of infantry, led by a native guide, proceeded to the north coast of New Guinea, where they discovered the Komet warped to the hank of a river and completely covered by greenery. The Germans were greatly surprised when the party Sprang aboard and seized the boat. They found a powerful wireless apparatus installed for transmitting long-distance messages. Reports of the recent operations in i':e Pacific state that one of the Allies" v. ;t:v!tij(s vi-ited Anguar Island, land;-.I ;■.•:■:■■.'il i nnvs, arrested the Herman c.'li- «'•■> and devi roved the wireh-ss station. "i ii" Norwegian haruue !!;nio:istm'it I'rrived fn in ,I'aluit. «She hail previously lull chartered by the Germans to rake a cargo of Wcstport coal to M.iltipi, New Britain, afterwards proceeding to the Marshall Group to load copra. Being a neutral, she suffered no inconvenience. While she was at Jaluit a fleet of German colliers arrived after coaling the German fleet.

DEALING WITH SUSPECTS. j NATURALISATION STOPPED. Received 22, 10 p.m. .Melbourne, October li. A proclamation has been issued authf rising State commandants to sctznarin«, ammunition, telegraphic plants, docnn-. nis and maps* in the possession of Cabinet has also decided not to allow the. naturalisation of any more Germans or Austrians. A TAS.MAXTAX LOSS. j Received 22, 10 p.m. I Hobart, October 22. Tim dredger Tom-abbe), sunk by the Emden, was the property of the Marine Hoard, and was intended to be utilised in harbor improvement works at Launceston. The dredge, which was built at Glasgow, and cost over £40,000, was not insured against war risks.

AVAR. CAULK, DELAYED. Recciwd 23, ViAZ a.m. Sydney, October 22. There is a paucity of war new*. Cables from Loudon a're considerably delayed.