General items.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 July 1915, Page 5

General items.

THE WAII LOAN. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 21. Owing to payments in full, abo'ut 30C millions have already been received fori the war loan. ] ■ ~——: —r- • ! FRENCH STOCK RETURNS, i Paris, July 21. A census by the .Mimstiy of Agriculture shows that on July 1 the total cuttle in France numbered 12,28(1,840, compared with 13,120,5141) at the end of 1014, and sheep 12,483,150, a decrease of 10 per cent. A LTBEL ACTION. Received July 22, 10.15 p.m. Melbourne, July 22. The Hon. A, Fisher has issued a writ against James Spencer, drill foreman, claiming damages for alleged slander, contained in a statement imputing that plaintiff committed a criminal offence, calculated to imperil his holding the Premiership.

COMMODITIES COMMISSION". Received July 22, 8.15 p.m. Svdncv, July 22. The Hon. D. L. Hall, defending the Commodities Commission against Mr. Wade's charges, claimed that the Commodities Commission, in fixing the prices of wheat, butter gas and other commodities, had, instead 0 f increasing the cost of living, saved the people of the State ,€1,401,000, besides subsidiary savings. A THREATENED STRIKE. Sydney, July 22. In order to save a threatened strike at the Government engineering works, Newcastle, the Government dismissed tive .German employees and four naturalised. One of the reason given for the dismissal was that it was intended to manufacture munitions at the works. STATE RRIOK WORKS. Svdr.ov, July 22. The State brick works made* a net profit for the past twelve months of t'7oi-[l. besides a direct >av:.-!i< of .Cll ,- Ob<) to the Government on its own buildings. •DOT UN* KAW MTA?.. S\ ,!:■.(■)•. July 22. The diilicrilfy in iv;::ivd :'. the import, dutv mi raw .lava v. i.ich the ('o)o----niai' .Mtgar Conijianv iv;'u-. ! in pav. Ims been overcome by'fhe i\ d.: .'1 '.inthorities naving it, and thus <:i-ioinii increased snowies. S. INT'IIKAS!-:;; WA'^S. Received .lu!v 22. vl." p.m. ibi-'■■;:.:.', duly 22. v.aL'es. <if the railwav (.cn-trr-Hon worker- by is a Way. involvin- 'Jfl-.*'(iir. XATIriXAI, DKFKWK <",V.\n:iTTKK. M.;b,.v. :■■■•..:, Jiiiv 22. The Xatiuiial Uefou.e !V>i:ni'tfcc is comyhied. Air. Irv;ue, s> ~,.iia l'orve-t and Messrs. Wall. i,':\::n. VcWiiliams and Senator Milieu have been selected as the Liberal roiire-eu-aiivo-. and Mo-srs. Fisher and i ,>.,;< uiP. ,:.■:. as exolticio members.

IIRMI OOMMISKIOXEir* TIoPOTIT. Received .ink 2. fi.'-O tun. Sydney.'duly 22. Sir fioorjre Kohl's annual report for roil -dates that the 10-s of :, venue by the Pacific eable avas between forty and liftv thousand pounds, due to damage, to the Fanning Island -!ai':,.7i by a Oerman cruiser, (.lie damage a'one amounting to £IO,OOO. The decrease in immij.'raf'o:) to Australia was 42.(1 per centum. New Zealand •I't.T. Canada -IS.il. as compared with lor,.

WHEAT trAKVKST hSTIMATIv Meihoern-. dnlv -22. Mr. Hiiohes estimates fw the eoming Australian wheat harvest v, j.l pot he fewer thaii one niilli, n ami a. half, and. wi-haps. three million ttm-. The question of .transportiiijL' in the -lu'.rkot. of the world was a s.riou? on,'. thoii!>h the vessels controlled hv the Naval Department were able to lift a quarter of a million tons.