AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
RISING PRICE OF BREAD. AN ADVANCE IN MELBOURNE. A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE, Dec. 22. The master bakers hav e increased the price of bread by 2J,d the 41b. loaf. Millers are increasing the price of flour from £17 to £21 a ton. The chairman of the Fair Profits Commission, commenting at the last sitting of the commission, , which is expiring, regretted the cessation of control, which was necessary in many cases for the protection of the public STEAMER FARES RAISED. . . SYDNEY. Dec 22. Steamer fares from Sydney to Singapore have been increased from £72 to £90 from January. SIHGER'S LIBEL SUIT. SYDNEY. Dec 22. Philip Newbury, the well-known singer, was awarded £500 damage against The Triad magazine for a recent criticism of his singing. ..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17661, 23 December 1920, Page 7
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