AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

North Otago Times, 20 July 1917, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AMMUNITION WORKERS DISCHARGED. EXPORT OF BUTTER. (Per Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, July IS. , Twelve hundred employees-of the Colonial Ammunition Company" have been discharged owing to lack of orders. ' . . .. ■ Negotiations are proceeding for the export of 10,000 lons of butter. ■ Details arc not available, although it is understood that the proposal includes sufficient refrigerated shipping space for mi; even greater quantity, .It is expected that ,'IOO,OOO cases will be a-vailable for export before the end of the year. , ADDITIONS TO COMMONWEALTH NAVY. ' ■ " ' (Per CaWe—Press Association—(bpyr'rgltt.) Received July 10, 10.50 p.ni, ■ ,''•■! ' MELBOURNE,' July 19. Regulations have been gazetted constituting a new mine-sweeping section of the.Navy. '', ..