GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 12 February 1916, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

CHEapEh bfiEAG iN mELhOUHNE Bl KI.FCTRIU TF.I/EGRAPH COPYRIGHT. PfcH CNITED PRKBS ASSOCIATION. J-fcceh'od February 12, 9.10 a.m. .MKI.I'.OI'UNK. Feb. VI. The price of broad has lx on reduced ti> 7.M per 411) lonf. NEW SOUTH WALES LIVESTOCK. SYI'NKY, Feb. 11. The official livestock statistics of New South Wales for the ve:ir cinlcil June .'«>, 191 o. show:

Hnr.-o< 7:«,29R Cattle (including milkers 12(1.HI7) 2,477.224 Sheep 27.295.8 i;! Lambs .-..099.0 17 |»i"-s 280.002

Compared with the his| previous statistics (those lor the year to December 31. 191 fl) the. figure, show tlie following decrease-.: Hor.-e-, 12.872; cattle, ;W0,440 (milkers 174,2.);!); she: p, .'1.170.07 M; lambs. H.fiSl .714); |)igs, 20;iS. The decreases are largo'y ihe re-ult of the drought experienced between the two periods. WELCOME SHOWERS IN N.S.W. SYDXKY, Feb. 11. Showerv and cooler weather has in and ha> Improved tlie fe<<| crop outlook. iNCREASE IN FREIGHTS. LONDON. Feb. 111. Freights to Sydnev, Melbourne and Adelaide will be' rai-ed Ills per ton on .March I, and pn.ba'hly aLo io Queensland and New Zealand. THE SENORITA REFLOATED. UF.LHOI'KXF, Feb. 11. The Senorita has been' rolloated. The baioueiiline Senorita., hound', '.f'ro'-n Auckland ho .Melbourne, with timber, grounded in rough went her on a reef halt i, mile inside l'oinl Lonsdale

AMERICAN DEFENCE. TWO RFSIONATIONS. WASHINGTON, Fob. 11. Mr l.indley .\l. (Harrison (Socoriary for War) and Major-Conora! Breekinbridge I'Asisisinnt Secre(arv) have resigned owing to the large majority of Congress opposing a s<'lieme lor an army on ('"ntinemal lines. In his annual repori Mr Oarri-on • Secretary for' War) said they should have a force of at leasi o()0,0(K> men ready for instant response to a call in the event of war. A method was proposed by which the nation would have an army constantly under arms and a very much larger number subject to instant call. The total of the enlisted men and of-tl'-ers would be Nl,Si;t. The plan necessitates the raising in two fiscal years of 10 regiments of infantry, four regiments of field artillery, .~>2 companies of coast artillery, I,*> companies of engineer's and four aero squadrons. It was proposed to supplement the Army by a force of -JOO.CKN) men raised in increments of KM,(XX) a year, who would devote a specified time to training for thn'e year-, returning to the colors in the event of war. For the purpose of convenience this force had been designated the Continental Army. It was proposed to recruit it territorially according to population and to have it Kubjcvt to short periods of training (two months is tentatively proposed). Oftieer.s and men were to receive pav on the same basis as the Hegular Army for the time actually occupied. Opportunity was offered for the National Ouard, either in units or individually, to come into the Continental Army whenever by the action of their State thev were free to do so.—Router.