CABLE ITEMS

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 11, 14 January 1915, Page 8

CABLE ITEMS

[Pke3B Association.] ' SYDNEY, Jan. 14. Owing to t'.ha drought and the war" there has been a heavy' falling off in Now South Wales railway revenue. It is stated that for the week ended •January 2nd fciiere was a shortage of £20,000 compared mth 1913. The reductions ar.& affecting practically tlie vvhole State. There are no indications of improvement in the position. It is hoped bo maintain the staffs in. employmont.,, b»jt there is a. posvsi-' ■'bility. that ifc might he necessaiy to •.work' short time. BRISBANE, Jan. 14: . Sensational beef prices were experi'©iioed at Enoggera, the rates rising £2 and £3 {>?v head, compared with :te*l-, wosk. A >><iliock sold for £25 ss~ ■Vb Queensland record: ADELAIDE, Jan. 14. Tlie liakevs' Association has rai&e-d

the price- of fcfie 21b loaf delivered from 4d to 4^d. The Association 'dsiins th;d. it is justified in conse'queneo of ft? World-wide demand for •wheat. The f.a..0. wheat standard 'hffi been fix«i at Gllbs, compared with ' »45OJbs la«f.,.yenr; . The Premioi' stated that the A& ■eeiably, would expii^ by effluxion of time on February 28th. The election writs would Im issued on March Bth., aiid polling day would be fixed -for v March 27f.1t. '

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. A uew revolution has broken out .in Hayti. Thft oonditions are serious. The TJnil/od States has despatched a twarsVip.