DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1919, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

THE BACON PRICES, By Telegraph.—Pms AsiocftttOft. Auckland, July 30. The action of the Bofcrd of Tt*de in fixing the retail price of bacon ia ei>pectsd to result in a baeOn famiftd, one company having decided to ceaM coring, partly on account of the fixing of prices, partly owing to this being the off season for pigs. WIIAKATANE DEVELOPMENT," Whakatane, Last Night. A meeting of the ratepayer! unanimously approved of a borough lean proposal totalling £70,600 a« follows: Roads £17,500, water £23,000, electric light and power £24,000, drainage £4OOO. ANOTHER RETURNED COKttSQENT Auckland, Last Ni|ht. A number of Imperial details Inched Auckland by the steamer MahU from Sydney to-day, and will disembark tomorrow if the Mahia is deolored a dean ship. They comprise twent-serra aksrt ami two nurses. N.Z. SHIPPING COMPANY: Christchnreb, Last Nljfht, Th» chairman of the New Zealand Shipping Company announces that the general manager (Mr. A. W. Bennetts) ,is retiring at the end of August, and the position which he held will not he filled. The board of directors have appointed Mr.E. B. Bullock, their Wellington manager, es superintendent of the company. He will be statlo&ed at Wellington, as experience has shown the necessity for the chief executive effloer residing there. i NO SHORTAGE OP SUGAR. Auckland, Last Nigtit. A statement that was mado in Wellington recently that thero is likely to be a shortage of sugar in the Dominion was referred to by the manager of,the Colonial Sugar Refining, Company today. He said he knew nothing of an Impending shortage of sugar. His company expected to have its first season's shipment of raw material before August Bth., and had plenty to go on with in the meantime. A MINEFIELD CLEAR. t Wellington, Last Night. The Marine Department notifies that the Admiralty has announced the minefield area off Cape Farewell now dear.