AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16497, 24 March 1917, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

TRADE AFTER THE WAR. PENALISING THE ENEMY. i A. and N.Z. Cable. ADELAIDE. March 23. ( The committee set up by the conference rf the Associated Chambers of Commerce to inquire into post-war trade has reported that trading with the enemy should be prohibited or restricted for a term of , years after the war, and permanent pre- J ferential and reciprocal trading facilities established within tho Empire. NORTHERN TERRITORY. C 'ADMINISTRATOR'S TERM. , 1 MELBOURNE. March 23. 1 The term of J. A. Gilruth as Administrator of the Northern Territory expires on Saturday. It is now stated that the Government has deferred a further ap- ! pointment until after the Federal elec- • tions. ■ , NEW SOUTH WALES MINES. I ".' OUTPUT FOR 1916. ■ v ' SYDNEY. March 23. The mining production of New South ' Wales in 1916 was valued at £10,515,856, an increase of £912,626. The coal output was 8,127,161 tons, VEilued at £3,336,419. The principal decreases were in gold and coaL ■~c ' "\ M LIEUTENANT ON TRIAL. •'•• FOUND GUILTY OF UTTERING. - . SYDNEY. March 23. Lieutenant D. H. Howell Price has been found guilty of uttering. Sentence was reserved, [Lieutenant Howell Price was adjutant • ■ ' of the Ninth Australian Light Horse from April to July, 1915, and ho was alleged 3 to have submitted claims for pay for the whole unit from the time it was demobi- , •, Used till the following November.] } ' i i