AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1915, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

WAR MATTERS AND GENERAL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, Sept. 16. Mr. Hughes has notified the Press that the Government will not permit the circulation of newspapers inserting advertisements of enemy goods. Melbourne, Sept. 16. The authorities have decided to . reduce the pay of military officers called up for administrative and instructional duties. Colonels' pay has been reduced from £B2l to £Bl5, and others accordingly. Field allowances, will remain the same. /

Brisbane, Sept. li 6. Arrangements are being made for the formation of a War Council similar to those of other States Queensland is to be asked to supply 2206 recruits monthly.

Sydney, Sept. 18. Mr. Wade, supporting the Universal Service League, says that for the time being party "lines and party ties must be entirely effaced. It was too late to argue against universal service in Australia. The principle had been adopted for a number of years, and the present movement was simply an extension. It was found that voluntary efforts failed when the strain was greatest. If they waited six months It would be too late then, and they would have to pay the penalty of timidity. The public mind must be educated to a sense of the gravity of the position. The appeal was to the whole of Australia, to all kinds and classes. The movement had no political signfic&nce.

The Universal -Service League invites the co-operation of women, and explains that the movement is not intended for men only, as women have as vital interest in universal service as men. Public meetings have been called.

Melbourne, Sept. 10. * A novel military unit of the army is the massage reserve which Is being formed.

Melbourne, Sept. 16. It is understood that several States have sounded the American money market as to the possibility* of loans. The results have been disappointing, and owing to the fear of international complications the idea of raising money in Amerca has since been abandoned. A ballot throughout Victoria resulted in a large majority of the bakers favoring day baking; also declining to work with alien enemies during the war. Brisbane, Sept. 16. The price of flour in the southern district has been fixed at £2O 7s 6d; bran, £5; pollard, £6.

Sydney, Sept. 16. The secretary of the Australian State Coal Employees' Federation states that the miners' associations throughout Australia and Tasmania, excepting Lithgow, have given a fortnight's notice from September 13 for the termination of the present aggrements. He adds that there is no likelihood of a stoppage ot work resulting.

Perth, Sept. 16. In the Assembly, Mr. Scadden delivered the financial statement. The revenue for the year was £5,140,725, which was £167,000 below the estimate. The expenditure was £5,700,542, which exceeded the estimate by £BO,OOO. Sydney, Sept. 16. The Government is a heavy loser over its fodder importation scheme. Many thousands of tons of American chaff were imported at a cost of nearly £l4 per ton. It is now selling for about