AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1917, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

EFFECT OF DAYLIGHT-SAVING. : Australian-N.Z, Cable Association, Received Jann, 7, 3.5 p.m. Sydney, .lan. (1. The Daylight Saving Act is working satisfactorily as far as general business is concerned, but theatres nnd picture shows, which are also saddled with the burden yf the amusement tax, complain of reduced attendances, in some cases fi.3 much a ; -, -10 per cent., as the 'people show a tendency, in the present hot weatiitv. at any rate, to spend their extra leisure surfing to staving in town. The dairying industry is not enamored, -u the new hours mean the shortening oi' their already short night in order ti, catch earlier trains. Cows, whose habits arc not regulated by the clock, show an objection to having their rest broken, and are yielding less milk. , NATIONAL CABINET PROPOSAL I'ee.rivod Jan. 7, 5.5 p.m. Melbourne, Jan. 7. A statement has been made that'tli» Liberals have ofTered to combine with ?.ir. Hughes' party, conditional on their '.icing allotted six out of ten portfolio!, A RESIDENCE BOMBED. Received Jan. 7, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, Jan, 7. The residence of a well-known Oer« : Mil resident at Mosman wan seriously damaged by an explosion, supposed to i have been caused by a bomb., at mid< night. The police arc investigating.