AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
! SCARCITY OF FOODSTUFFS. By Telecraph—Press Association — Opy right (Received May 31. 11.10 p.m.i Stdnet, May 31. Famine conditions prevail in the foodstuffs market. Excited scrambling to obtain butter and sugar almost created a panic in Sussex Street. Wholesale merchants are unable to meet demands. MEAT SEIZED BY STATE. Melbourne, May 31. The Government states that owing tt> exporter:' failing to. supply the meal required to fill Victoria's contracts with the Imperial authorities, the Government have commandeered the nexssary quantity. QUEENSLAND CABINET. Brisbane, May '61. The new Labour Cabinet has been formed, as follows:—Mr. T. J. Cyan, (Leader). Mr. E. G. Theodore Lennon, Mr. D. Bowman. Mr. J. M. Hunter, Mr. J. Adamson, and Mr. H. F. Harda.re.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15932, 1 June 1915, Page 6
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