PRICE OF FLOUR

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 92, 16 October 1915, Page 6

PRICE OF FLOUR

REDUCED in SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (Received October 16, 9 a.m.) , ADELAIDE, This Day. The Assembly has reduced the price of floor to £16 per ton from the 19th . i October. SCALE "RIGGING" . THBEE TEARS' IMPRISONMENT. (Received October 16, 8.45 a-m.) SYDNEY, This Day. , James Maloney was sentenced to im-i-prisonmeni for three years for tampering : "with the scales at the CoonamHe Race•coorse. Evidence vr&s given that !, j Maloney was discovered under the floor ', of the weighing room. When found he •^had a bag of tools, a revolver, and a • piece of wire with a hook for " rigging " t'the' scales. : INCOME TAX EXEMPTIONS [ £200 LIMIT ON QUEENSLAND. (Received October 16, 9 a.m.) *j BRISBANE, This Day. «" Mr. E. G. Theodore, Treasurer and I Minister for Public Works, Queensland, " Announced that the income tax exemp- " tions will not be reduced below £200 ' per annum. AUSTRALIAN TRADE 'AMERICAN AND JAPANESE COMPETITION. (Received October 16, 8.10 a.m.) NEW' YORK, 15ih 6ctober. Mr. P. E. Quinn, in opening the New South Wales Government's new offices, said that New South Wales intended to increase trade with the United States. He announced that an immediate object ■was the establishment of a direct steamer line between New York and .Sydney. Japan was seeking actively to secure the trade Germany has lost with ■Australia. ;: MELBOURNE, This Day. * ' The Japanese Consul General has writ•ten to the Trade Expansion Bureau, with !a view to bettering trade conditions between Australasia and Japan, asking to bo advised of any cases where goods are below sample or were obligations are not faithfully kept by Japanese merchants. Ho adds that it is the earnest desire of the Japanese Government that trade relations should be without reproach. -Australia may rely on his Government to discourage any attempts to- act in A contrary manner. WEST AUSTRALIA AND THE . TOTALISATOR (Received October 16, 8.50 a.m.) PERTH, This Day. The Parliamentary Committee on horse-racing has recommended legislation for the appointment of a board of control and supports, including the issue of totalisator licenses. WEST AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS *"* WORKING SHOWS A LOSS. \ (Receiver October 16, 9.40 a.m.) PERTH, This Day. The railways resulted in a loss of £25,650 for the year, compared with a profit of £128,000 for the previous year.