AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 26 January 1911, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR li-09 Piiess Association. —Copyhioht. (Received Jan. 26, 10.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE Tuesday. .Commonwealth imports last yfear totalled £59,456,238, an increase over the previous year of £1,284,342. The exports totalled £74,497,627, an increase of £9,178,691.

A Jack Tar, travelling to Auckland byhe express recently, reached that con iition when his acquaintances were justified in asking him to "have a sleep.' The only place likely to afford a resting nace was the hat-rack, and the sa.lioi .vas requested to try that. / He took, the lint, and was quietly in tho rack am: peacefully asleep. All went well fo; -oout an hour and a half, the other pasengers had about forgotten the Tar, >vhen, as the train jerked round p. bene ney r were suddenly reminded of his presence by a precipitate and violent descent to the floor. " Luckily, the passengers directly below the somnolent sailor escaped injury.

Speaking the other da.y to a represenative of the Christchureh "Spectator,' i police officer expressed his entire approval of the new idea of retiring inspectors at the age of 60. "What the service wants," he said, "is to be made more attractive, so as to induce a bettci =lass of men to join it and stay in it. it present the chances of promotion art ery few.. Cutting off* the age at 60 nstead of 65 gives hope to men whe /ould otherwise be dispirited." "But lon't you think a man ought to be at His best up to 65?" asked the reporter. •j\o; not a policeman," said the officer. 'I shall be quite content to'go when 1 .-each that age, and think the superannution scheme will make adequate precision for mo after that." - Upon reli ible authority the "Spectator"' learn: nat Inspector Gillies's retiring allow.nce will be £292 per year. hrom an.her qur.rter it also hears that if be hac ompletea his term of office up to sixty.ve years of age he would have had t tension of £37 more than he will now :ceive.

With the XewYcar ai: 'alternation '"and organised crusade against ho -1 thieves and. swindlers ba s beei .- rarted in Europe, headed by tin ' wiss hotel-keepers, who will be as stea' by their colleagues in even ountry, writes the Geneva cones ondent of the "Pall Mall Gazette.' .'ready 71 of the principal town.-? i. ngland. Germany, Austria, France r . taly, Holland,, Belgium, and Den/ ta'rk have joined the movement t( .amp out the modern Dick Turpi. f 4lra road. The Swiss hoteliers, ii rder to protect themselves and thei. umerous'visitors from paying- ai nnual and illegal toll, whic! mounted, and amounts, 'to severa •iousand pounds each season, hi non the scheme of publishing des iptions in their paper of well-knowi dernational thieves —wbo ar< nov.-n as "hotel rats" on the Con nent —with very promising results a Switzerland the police have pro i:sed the hoteliers every assistance ,nd the crusade is well organised ii 'very small resort and large town nd it is believed that other co'in ;ies vrill adopt the same measure. .1 the near future:

FUDGE CAKE. Cream together one i-upTul of sugar nd two-thirds of a cupful of butter ; add n e cupful of milk. Stir in lightly twe nd one-half cupfuls of fluur ; into whicli ne heaping spoonful of baking powdei as been sifted. Then stir in one-fourth upful of melted chocolate. Add one-hall up of walnuts, broken up coarsely, and istly, three eggs.beaten separately. For he fudpe frosting use one and one-half ;aspoonfuls of butter and one-half cup:ls of unsweetened cocoa, one and onejurth cupfuls of -confectioners' sugar, a >w gratns of salt, and one-fourth cupil of miik. Heat to boiling point and M ten minufes. Remove from fire, ad beat until creamy. Add one-half ;aspoonsful of vaniila, and then pour .er cake to a depth of one-quarter inch, /ith the Fudge Cake serve Elephant "rand Tea. The flavour of this tea is •ost agreeable; it possesses body and rength ,and is remarkably rich in the '.ements of* good tea. Elephant Brand ea at 2s 2d per lb. is Bold by most iorekeepers in this locality.*