ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2953, 16 December 1916, Page 9

ITEMS IN BRIEF

TOTALISATOR BILL PASSED. (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright'.' m. a ■ Syt'HG.V) December 15-. till rv A s ' s ®" ,bl ? has adjourned M l December 2/: The Legislative Coun-cil,-after making minor 'amendments, n -n x,® Assenib b' agrec-1 to, passed the Totahsator Bill through all stages. ' ■ LOCALLY-MxVDB 'rennet. ... . Sydney, December 16. • Rennet experiments' from calf veils have been so satisfactory that, there is fwy probability of the new industry developing. Clieesemakers have proved .that thirty veils, costing 305., yield as' much rennet as they now pay £40 for imported. Moreover, the chceso from the local rennet is entirely- satisfactory. > .. [Rennet, used to curdle milk iii cheese-making, is an-extract from the imier lining of the fourth stomach of the.calf, and oives its-coagulating property to-a ferment. "Veil'! is the technical naino of the stomach prepared for the extraction of rennet.] • DEARER COAL. Sydney, December 15. Mr, Justice Edmunds denies the .increase in the selling price of coal. The increased price has yet to be ascertained, but it is stated it will-not bo moro than 3s. per ton. AIR PILOTS FAR-EWELLED. Sydney, December 15. The Governor (Sir Gerald Strickland) farewelled the first seven air pilots, who ha7ff qualified at the State aviation school, and who are proceeding to the front. ' " SIX O'CLOCK HOTEL CLOSING. (Rcc. December 15, 5.30 p.m.) Hobart, December: 15. Both Houses-■ of Parliament have passed the Bill, for closing the hotels at six o'clock. The Act will operate from January 1. In the Federal Senate, Senator Newland .moved /for the appointment of a Royal Commission to report on the past administration and luturo policy of the Northern Territory.