AUSTRALIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 21 November 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

J THE SYDNEY REACHES COLOMBO. [■ Melbourne, November 20. The Commander of the Sydney reports that one officer, seven seamen, and one boy, have been sent into the hos- [ pital at Colombo and are doing well. i . I PRICE OF FLOUR. Received 20, 8.50 p.m. Sydney, November 20. A proclamation has been issued, increasing the price of flour in the counties of Cumberland and Northumberland to £ll 17s 6d ,and elsewhere £l2 17s 6d above the price ruling on August Ist. Bran and pollard are increased in Cumberland and Northumberland to £7, and elsewhere to £1 above the price on September ~^it£kj WET OR DRY? THE CANTEEN DISCUSSION. Received 20, 10 p.m. Melbourne, November 20. In the Senate, on the Defence Bill, Mr. Turley moved an amendment for the restriction of wet canteens. He pointed out that the Belgians were the biggest, and the British the next biggest, liquor consumers in the world, and recent events had demonstrated that their soldiers were not wasters. Mr. Pearee said it was not intended to accept the amendment. For many years fle had advocated wet canteens, biit'practical experience of military camps had entirely changed his views. Wet canteens were a danger and an evil. "Let us remove the danger and temptation from the path of our soldiers," he said, "and give them an opportunity of bringing the greatest credit on Australia and themselves in their grim task, in this bloodiest war in history."