Australia

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 228, 5 March 1915, Page 5

Australia

THE WHEAT SITUATION. SPORT TO CONTINUE. Melbourne, March 4. ' From to-day all meat shipped goes to the Imperial Government. Mr Fisher, referring to the ragged-1 ,-tion that there should be a cessation of sport, thought it a mistake to restrict healthy and legitimate f.po»t, except where it interfered with the defence of the country and the great military tajk before the Empire. Melbourne, March 4. Merchants predict a scarcity of safety matches owing to the war. Stocks arc low, and wholesale prices have already advanced 133 per cent. They warn against waste. ' Sydney, March 4. The Board of National lielief has donated £IOO each to the Belgian and Servian funds. The first shipment of meat for Imperial purposes consists of 43,000 carcass of mutton. NOTE ISSUE INCREASED. Received 4, 9.25 p.m. Melbourne, March '!. The Federal Executive has decided to raise the note issue from twenty-five to thirty millions sterling. Fremantle, March 4. A hospital ship has arrived from Egy;vt conveying a large number of troops suffering from certain diseases, also many who were discharged for insubirdination. CONVEYANCE OF MEAT TO ENGLAND. Received 4, 10.30 p.m. * Sydney, March 4. Mr Flowers states that negotiations are proceeding with the Federal Government- to secure several idle steamers to convey meat to England. If the Meat Board succeeds in obtaining the loan of the ships, it will possibly despatch 1,10,000 carcases within the next few days. The board is also enquiring whether any prize ships are available.