AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
(Received 11.20 a.m.) FOODSTUFFS IN FRANCE. PARIS, March 2. The Food Ministry's scheme for purchasing certain foodstuffs in England and America, cheapening the cost of living, comes into operation on Thursday. It lowers restaurant prices by 30 per cent. The Ministry acknowledges France's indebtedness to Britain in furnishing shipping under favourable conditions, also Mr. H. C. Hoover's co-operation.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) ATTSSIES FOR BISLEY. (Received 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Steps are being taken to train a representative Australian -team from the A.I.F. to shoot at'Bisley in July.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) A BIG CLAIM. MELBOURNE, this day. The Federal Government has issued a writ claiming £500,000 from the Colonial Combing, Weaving and Spinning Company of Sydney for money alleged to be due and damages for breach of contract. (A. and N.Z. Cable.) 0.8.TT. ALTERNATIVE. MELBOURNE, this day. A number of union leaders are drafting a scheme on federative lines, differing absolutely in principle from the One Big Union scheme, to cover all the States and preserve essential traft affinities— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 53, 3 March 1919, Page 5
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