MISCELLANEOUS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 22 May 1915, Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS.

SUGAR SHORTAGE

ENEMY CONTRACTS ANNULMENT

PUBLICATION OF PARLIAMENT-

ARY CRITICISM

(Received May 22, 10.30 a.m.) •* ; 'SYDNEY, May 22. Mr Hall has stated that the Colonial and otKer sugar companies have already ordered shipments to meet the shortage, and the selling price depends ©n remittance of the duty. Mr Holman anticipates that in spite of the war and the drought the financial year will erid with a small surplus. Private C. R. Duke, reported wounded, is an architect, formerly of New Zealand.

MELBOURNE, May 22. In the Senate the Enemy Contracts Annulment Bill passed all stages. The House discussed the censorship of. Parliamentary criticism, which, although censored for the newspapers, are permitted to appear fully in HanBard. Mr Fisher agreed to consult the Opposition respecting the future policy.