GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 317, 17 June 1915, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Jun; 13. In tl\e Assembly, Mr. Wade gave notice to-day of a motion censurjng the Government's administration of the Com-' lijddities A«?fc' as harassing the producers i and discouraging agricultural settlement,' i wliile inef easing"tli'd «bst of living. The House, adjourned. ■ The Qoaimil adopted the Add'res's-in-Rcply. '"' Received June 16, Bj»s p^m. Sydney, June 16. 'Mr. Wade states that his motion in reference to the ; Commodities Gommisi--sion was not intended as a censure motion. ■ ' FOOD IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, June lfi. The Federal Statistician .states that the cost of food during the ten months of the war has advanced 18j8 per cent. ' NEW SOUTH WALES ,CRIMTNALS. Sydney, June IC. The State criminal returns for 1014 show 92,407 cases, an increase,of.22o3. Metropolitan cases decreased 'by 1077. The report indicates that, crimes of violence are increasing and drunkenness decreasing. A GUM-DIGGER'S END. .. Sydney, Juno In. The body of a- man, supposed to 'be John J. Park, was found suspended to a bridge over a creek at Listnere. Deceased was a stranger who had recently arrived, and it is believed he was a New Zealand gum-digger. An old followlodger said Park was penniless. AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. Sydney, June 15. The passengers on the Moeraki had an fexciiing experience. They noticed a Hrong smell of ammonia, with which the ship was filled, and it was believsd a. fire had broken out. Men descended the hold, and discovered a drum containing chemicals had Started to leak. They were overpowered by fumes, but sue 1 seeded in getting the drum On" deck. LIBEL ACTION SETTLED. j ! Melbourne, June 15. I The libel action the Vacuum Oil Company against the Ago has been settled, the defendants, unreservedly withdrawing the statements of complained of.