AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES. " By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Received Nov. 4, 11.40 p.m.: Sydney, Nor. 4. The week's wool sales closed firm and active at recent rates. THE LIQUOR PROBLEM. Sydney, Nov. 4. The Assembly passed the third read* ing of the Hotel Bill. The Alliance, having declined as unfair Mr. Holman's suggestion to ask for its withdrawal, intends to agitate for a referendum. COST OK THE TROOPS. Melbourne, Nov. 4. Tn the House the Treasurer said ho estimated that the cost of sending Australian troops to the front this year had been .CH5,400.000, and it would be an additional £10,000,000 next vear.

Buyers from the south have been scouring the Mastcrton and Wairarapa districts of Into for fat cattle. As high as t'3 per lOOlbs has been offered for fat bullocks delivered in the south. ''lSegorra," remarked Private Skids, as lie put his houd above the trench and a bullet whizzed past, ''it's aisy to onderstand that the more a man looks 'round in tljis war the less he's likely to see."

The Auckland Siltir instances (ho en-, of ii wealthy family in Audi inn J, 4n wliioh there art* six stalwart sons of military ago, none of wliom have enlisted. "It is probably iantunces such as those which make some people talk conscription," comments the paper. ''l was talking to some of the returned soldiers on the train the other day," said the Mayor of Cliristchur. h at a meeting of the local Reception Committee, "and they said they were prepared to go through hell to show their appreciation of the work of the. women of Now Zealand. If it's not a very genteel way of putting it, it Is characteristic and forcible."

ECONOMY IS A 1910 OVERLAND FEATURE.

That is a big advantage. No other ear of the size can stand up against the Overland on an economy footing. The original outlay is only £3lo £BS lower than last year's model. The price included full equipment—big features such as the high-tension magneto, electric starting and lighting, headlight dimmers for city streets. Overland maintenance is absolutely the minimum. No ear will take you further per gallon of petrol—no car is euier on tyree. Overland superiority at such a low price is due to the enormous output—6oo can a day. We'd like you to see one of these 1916 models. Call to-day, or write for the free 1910 catalogue. A. Hatrick and Co., Ltd., Wellington, W&nganui and xStt&JsF