AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, SYDNEY, Deo. 17. The Necessary Commodities Commission has decided to recommend increases in the selling prices of flour (which is now £ll 17s 6d). bran, pollard £7 6s, bread a farthjng higher, wheat 5s 6d a bushel. W. Booth, a prominent trainer, has been disqualified for twelve months, in connection with the running of Gallant Colours at M “‘ ngkj “ to ‘ l SELB O DRNE,D M .17.
A mass meeting of marine engineers rejected the owners’ offer to pay. according to New Zealand rates, with a minimum of £lB per month for juniors. The men demand £l9 5s to £6l IGs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1704, 18 December 1919, Page 5
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