AUSTRALIANS POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 171, 28 December 1914, Page 2

AUSTRALIANS POLITICS.

', ECONOMIES JENiWESTRALIA. ,By t Association—Copy right,,, Pert'li,' December 24'.'" ' The Treasurer announced that no salaries in'the Public 'Servfcl''' wrer ''SW Will be increased

ly Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, December 23. Rafter and Mayball, steeplejacks, veru repairing a chimney at the Leeds Jecjirj.cjty. works when Rafter dropped . lutiiiiiiui to lliu In ad" MP bclaw. Mayliall fell backhiTil.s -uifmhsi-iuu*, and way ;3us-)e«fed~4w~lri&—ktfß^-Saftcix-dutmiul—i. d, and, with the asslsiaiiee ol a'third ' put a rope around Muyhali Tid lowered him I,'iljft., He was taken ■o the hospital in sUjt-o. '■ J. and A. Brown, owncw-of tire Pelow iiain miliary, have.ii«iiie4,a writ-against ;he Northern CollLefy l Eiriployces v F(:(rof :l | ition, claiming .£]Oir#ou~d'amages for ' oss of trade .«U'l>Hmin'aKt\(t4ir!OTgf!'!tlie letention of vessels, and loss of pro. its on tjje gale o r f c<jalrp.iised l;y the, uiners w'lvO-'stt-rh'k^s'cYeir■ 'Aiiffttird - asof- ■ ind are still out. — -. SIGNS OF Tlfi^VAß. The overseas Christmas mails have argely declined this year. HIGHER PRICES FOR DRINK. -,!• Sydney, iDecembor %spiiiz The.;increases iftjtto.'pri«ts.jnfj iwians--1111(1 i lW iii 3 Wi " o P crat 'SltWß?}ii; Ja , n SJ lr fc: . wfj^ffrnp/'^ ,y , Perth, December,.24,, ~ Tlie Westralian Mail, owing to ilie improved' crop outlook, predicts a ;L strr vvlieat\surplmy.O'' "iiioumi .: i_..>'ii !*.'u„. JIOOV s>. J; tl'JiJUjul.lli-.'; '.i.iJ!' 3Ji! SEVERE FLOODS -XSLARIZOXA. New "York, December 24. Three were drowncdTJyTloods in Tuescqn, Arizona, unprecedented rainfall There has been enormous lQSKiaK.Wtfle'and crops. A Swutherfl.i,PjP,(iifi/f train, laden with .pas. sengcrs,' was marooned and unable to "' GALE A'Wvi. 01,1^"1 ' Suva, December 24. has been a severe gale. The Canada Cape is ashore in Suva harbor, .but is n °t (Communication w\th the La'llassa" wireless station, is 'interrupted. .... T.BREWERY COMPANY IN LIQUIDA:«ji.-. TION-; _ A receiver has been appointed for the Hosier Columbus Brevrerirs Co., with a capital of twelve million dollars. The failure is due to the dry voting in many StateSaali wiawl oil, CIT:aTHO»'^ . -GHfilOTaiAat TSstSSS^SSS.yUmr, „-. Sydney ' Christmas Eve was celebrated quietly. Thou M d3 ,„ ' J '"' Hobart, December 24. ; ;,i Tlje i MoiH 3 1f« ü ßirffl« aj ftr i » ,l Aiftar6 , J I fea.' r '. -THE PRICE OF SUGAR. , ,*s.oiof.: to , HiTiieouiil uiuuitt... Melbourne, December 24. ttt¥' Queensland sugar districts requested the Price of -CiwasoßWM -to in«Mas«'-ißMgaJ)ji ttt 1 £23 a ton. Evidence was given that there were 20.000 tons of sugar in nMli War of a shortage. ,Jo ihhuhi.iiAj „ .... ■vr. : I