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CIVIL SERVANTS AND LIQTJOIi. | By Cable—Press Association--Co; yright Melbourne, April (i. Mr. King O'Malley has issued a warning to Federal civil servants against ''liquoring." He declares that "stagger juice'' and efficient public business are absolutely incompatible, and orders the suspension without pay of any employee found under the influence of drink or showing any evidence of having used it while on duty and drawing the King's pay. He concludes: "There can be no efficiency without speed, and speed is impossible' with muddled whisky brains." TASMANIAN MINISTRY " " Hobart, April fi. Mr. WhitaHh, the Independent member, proposed to form a Ministry of both parties. Mr. .Earle, the late Premier, refused, as the Government is to nsign next week and the cleavage is too .;nat to allow of a coalition. HEAT STOCKS. Melbourne, April (i The food census for F'hruary shows a decrease of of be' stocks in col-l storage, and l,so\U)olb l-.iutton and lamb. The decrease is principally confined to Queensland. VICTORIAN APPLIS EXPORT, Melbourne, April ii. The Allies' Food Commission has completed the purchase of 2,000,000 bu-1 's of wheat at a cost of approximately £" 40,000. EARLY CLOSING IN TASMANIA. Hobart, April (i. The liquor referendum resolved itself into a struggle between the advocates of (i and 10 o'clock closing, the former scorin" 42,713 votes and the litter 21.5(52. Other hours together totalled 3711, of which only 520 favored 11 o'clock.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1916, Page 3
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