AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1916, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

By Cable.—Press Associatie-n—Copyright EARLY CLOSING BILL. Sydney, Ma ret 17. The Assembly pased the third reading of: the Liquor Referendum Bill, SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL, - .Sydney, March IT. In the election for the Csok Ward seat in the City Council, which was declared vacant on the appeal of Sir .1 Richards, e.v-Lord Mayor, Verdun again defeated Richards by'an increased majority. _ . INFANTILE PARALYSIS. , Sydney, March 17. The experts of the health Depart-' meirt,are investigating the causes and seeking the germ of infantile paralysis. TREASURY BOND,S. -.:■■■* . ■ Melbourne, March 18. The: State treasury; *js„ red'e.enfing £822,000 worth-of Treasury bonds due on April 1. MINERAL OUTPUT. Brisbane, March IS. Last year's mineral output was valued at iia,ai24,S(il, an increase of £348,581 over that In 1914. UNPROFITABLE STATE SPECULATIONS. Sydney, March 18. Mr. Wade states that the Government lost ,C22fl,U7(i nn an important sale of wheat, hay and butter. WHEAT POOL. . . Melbourne, March 18. The total receipts from the sales of the wheat pool amount to £4,402,000, REGULATION OF PRICES. Sydney, March 18. It is officially announced that, compared with February 1015, meat in Sydney is now 52.7 per cent, and other foods and groceries 18.7 per cent, higher.' '•'