CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13645, 27 March 1915, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

(Press Assn.—By Telegraphs-Copy rlghU NEW YORK, March 26. The American submarine F4 is missing, and is believed to have been lost with all hands. She Sank and failed to reappear off Honolulu harbor; There was a crew of 25 aboard. .■•■■" SYDNEY, March 26. '

Meat exporters complain of losses on private contracts through the requisition, and are advised that the Imperial Government will favorably consider applications for compensation and cancellation of contracts made with allied countries.

(Received March 27, 10.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, Mai;eh 27. Parliament has been prorogued from April 9th to April 13th. ■(/ The chairman of the Wheat Acquisition Board states that official 'inquiries reveal that there is just enough wheat on hand to supply our own :'requirements. A prohibition preventing the export of flour will probably be issued within a few days. „,jr>. MELBOURNE,, March 26. .^fr Tudor informed a deputation from the Timber Association that, the whole question of timber tariff was nhder consideration, with the. object of framing a new schedule to 'simplify and more effectively protect Australian interests. MELBOURNE, March 27. , Official figures of the Victorian -wheat crop show that the aggregate yield is 3,940,947 (sic) bushels, compared with 32,936,245 last year. The Federal Council has approved of war pensions, varying from ■■■ £62 to £156 per^annuni for total incapacity. A '; ADELAIDE,; M^rch 25, Doctor' Arthur Wade, aft^r spending five' months inspecting supposed oilbearing areas jn South Australia, reports that the chances of' obtaining a supply of petroleum m the, districts under consideration is very slight.