THE COMMONWEALTH.
FEDERAL POLITICS. (By Oablo—l'rcss Association.—Copyright.) 'Received .January 7th, 0.0 p.m.) MELBOURNE, January 7. A statement has been made that the Liberals offered to combine "with Mr Hughes's party on condition that they were allotted six out of ten portfolios. RECRUITING. MI'jLBOURNE, January 6. The Director of Recruiting is considering the raising of the age limit to fifty years. He will possibly adopt a district territorial* system. WHEAT IN BULK. ; SI'DNEY, January 6. ( The State wheat office continues to receive reports of attempts to burn or otherwise damage wheat stacks throughout the State. f The Government is calling for tenders for the erection of . plant for the handling of wheat on the bulk system, with a terminal elevator of a' capacity for 3.000,000 bushels in Sydney, one of SO,OOO bushels in Nowcastle, and country elevators of a total eanncity of 12,000,000 hushels. The .estimated cost of the installation is '£i'.000,000.A I?0MB IN SYDNEY. (Received January ,7th, 0.0 p.m.) SYDNEY, 7. The residence of a' well-known German resident at Mosman was' seriously damaged by the explosion, it is supipn«od, of a bontb, at midnight. The police arc investigating the matter.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15793, 8 January 1917, Page 8
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