AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1918, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

METHODISTS AND MILITARY SERVICE. Auslralian-N.Z. Cable Association. Sydney, Feb. 28. The Methodist Conference adopted a motion requiring all candidates for the ministry of military age to show that (hey have offered themselves for military service or to give a sufficient reason for exemption. WIDOW'S .PENSIONS-. Melbourne, Feb. 2S. A new regulation |»;ovid<-i fur (he (raining of soldiers' widows at the Commonwealth's exnense (o cm-hlc them to supplement their pensions.in their own homes. Mr. Hughes announces that "no compulsion will be used to force eligibles to submit their names in the new recruiting ballot. STRIKE AT MUNITION WORKS. Sydney, Feb. 27. There is a strike at the Lithgow small arms factory which has rendered a thousand employees idb. COAL MINF.S' CONTROL ENDED. ' Sydney, Feb. 27. The Executive has decided to cancel the proclamation issued at the time ot the strike whereby (he State acquired control of all coal mines. The cancellation does not apply to Richmond and Pelaw Main mines. A MYSTERIOUS DISEASE. Sydney, Feb. 28. Two fatal cases of- the X disease are reported at Narrabri. Adelaide, Feb. 28. A fatal case of the X disease is reported in the city. SALE OF HORDERN'S PROPERTIES. Sydney, Feb. 27. The first of a series of sates of valuable properties by the trustees of the late Samuel Hordern, comprising a number of houses shops and Innd in various parts of the city and suburbs realised £07,200. PENALTY FOR AIDING STRIKES. Sydney, Feb. 28. In the Assembly the penalty in the new Arbitration Bill for a newspaper instigating or aiding a strike was reduced to ' £10(1. THE STANDARD BUSHEL. Sydney, Feb. 27. The standard bushel for New South Wales f.a.q. wheat is fixed at 58Mb. 'THE PRICE OF BACON AND HAMS. Received February 28, 10.10 p.m. Melbourne, Feb. 18. The wholesale prices of Australian and New Zealand hame in cloth has been fixed at Is 4?>d, in seed Is .">.kl; bacon. ■■ : -le«, Is Id. ililche.s Is o],d, " middles Is 3d, .shoulders lid. The retail price is fixed "at 3id higher.