CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13931, 2 March 1916, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

•Prus* A<isn.— Bv Tftlejrraoh— Cooyrl^ht.J (Received March 2, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON;" March 1. • Mr Owen Phillips replaces MV Yerburgh, member of ilie House of Commons, resigned. • SYDNEY. March 1. . Mr Hall announces thai the profits of the State bakery,; within . two years, wiped out the initial- capital on an oul- _ put of £12,000, and, -besides, the Commonwealth Government would probably ' save £10,000 by accepting a State bakery tender instead, of others for • supplying the camps. " ' The Early Closing Referendum will be taken at the> end o-f April and will provide for voting between the hours of 6 to 11, both inclusive. y\ ■■ (Received Marc'h .2. ; 9".20 a.Vn.) , SYDNEY, March 2. The Assembly read a second time . the Defamation Amendiment Act, i-endeung persqns printing,: iusultjnif, .matter liable to punishment .and . similarly f or /usiug insulting language in public. A motion to treat the>, removal. .of alien- employees in the .pablic ■ aci 1 vice, i urgently was negatived. The " Cabinet discussed the publication of i . ouiauthorisecV political news.. Mr. Holman stated, that there was no attempt toOgag .. ? the press, ;.■ : If they wanted- to -sell, .ne^'spapers they must- sell * them. oil. their merits, riot- tiy retailing 1 information it. was- aiot theirs to retail, which was of a - strictly private charactovi : ; .r *v . ■ ... .■.:".;■ >EEtBOURNE.v-March.:2.. , Vessels arriving from. New Zealand are rigidly inspected to prevent the introduction of infantile- paralysis. Shipping is still delayed owing to coalies vet aging "to" '\voTfc' x overtiuie.