Australia.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 302, 31 May 1915, Page 8

Australia.

GERMAN WOUNDS A MAN. Received Slay 30, 3.35 p.m. Sydney, May 30. A man named Richmond was discussing the war with a German when thn latter became enraged and fired a revolver, seriously wounding Richmond. Tho German escaped. MONEY FOR BELGIAN CHILDREN. Received May 30, 3.35 p.m. Sydney, May 30. The children's Empire Day collections for Belgian children, which aimed at £IO,OOO, are already over £13,000, with over a thousand schools still to come. GOVERNMENT COMMANDEER WHEAT. Received May 30, 3.35 p.m. Melbourne, May 30. A Bill will bo introduced in the House next week commandeering the States' wheat supplies. Received May 30, 3.40 p.m. Melbourne, May 30. The Government is importing wheat. Poultry keepers have secured a consignment at a cost of 7s Cd per bushel landed. FOODSTUFFS AND THE -WAR. Sydney, May 29. The Colonial Sugar Company has assured Mr. Hall that it has completed purchases of sugar to overcome the shortage. ■A proclamation has advanced the price of butter wholesale and retail bv a penny a pound. A proclamation will be issued on Tuesday authorising the seizure of fodder. SYDNEY BELGIAN FUND. Sydney, May 29. Mr. Hugh Ward has handed the National Belgian Fund £125,000. the resuit of the Belgian Day collections. The race meeting collection exceeded r £10,009. OUTPUT OF AMMUNITION WORKS. Sydney, May EB. The committee inquiring into the output of the Lithgow small arms factory reports that the only reasonable way of increasing the output of tho works is a second shift. No difficulty is anticipated in obtaining the labor required. They had sufficient steel to enable them to double the output for the year ■without exhausting the stock. The committee had been assured that, recognising the national importance of the work, the men were ready; to assist the Gorernmcnt in every possible way. It was stated that the overtime which was now ■worked had increased the output.