AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17649, 9 December 1920, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DEARER BREAD AND CHEESE. NEW PRICES IN SYDNEY. Australian and N.Z. Cabl« Association. (Heed 11.30 p.m.) SYDNEY. Dec. 8. The Necessary Commodities Commission has* fixed the price of cheese at Is 5Jd per lb., and the price of the large loaf at Is sd. The new prices come into force from to-morrow. SHIPMENT OP WHEAT. AGENTS TO BE EXCLUDED. (Reed. 11.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 8. The State Wheat Board has decided to control the shipment of wheat from Sydney. No agents will be employed. PAPER-MAKING RESEARCH. MELBOURNE, Dec. 8 The Federal Government has made available a grant of £1800 for immediate extensions of the forest products laboratories in West Australia. An arrangement has also been made by the Victorian and New South Wales forestry services, the newspaper companies, and the paper trade for granting £10,000 to establish a permanent paper laboratory in West Australia. CANBERRA TO BE BUILT. ... SYDNEY. Dec. 8. During the visit of a- Federal Parliamentary delegation f "to Canberra., Mr. W. M. Hughes announced'Hhat the policy of the Government vt&b to -proceed/ expeditiously with the construction of the Federal capital. •.■ . i SEAMEN SUPPORT SECRETARY. SYDNEY, Dec. 8. The stop-work meeting of seamen declared confidence in the honesty and ability of the secretary, Mr. T. Walsh, said carried a motion that the executive immediately withdraw the writ against him. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY! PEES. SYDNEY, Dec. 8. The University Senate has decided to increase fees for all faculties by 50 per cent.