CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14074, 18 August 1916, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

(Elcc. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received August 18, 9.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, August 16. The Seuate adopted a Bill enfranchising 600,000 men m the Phillipines,. giving them the right to elect their own Senate. . SYDNEY, August 17. Two meu have been arrested m connection, with ihe forgery of Commonwealth Bank £5 notes, a number of which were recently discovered m circulation. The .prosecution stated that lit wasr believed that £3000 worth had ( been ciiculated and only a few had been ) eoovered. * (Received August 18, 9.50 a.m.) . SYDNEY, August. Ib. 'Mr Hall states that as price-fixing is I now a Federal matter, there is no longer ;:;iiy embargo on the shipment of-pro-duce out of the State. MELBOURNE, August 18. Three men and two women have been arrested m connection with the forged Commonwealth notes. ! Barley, English, is at 4s 6d to 4s 9d ; ' Cape, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; oats, jmHling 2s 3d to 2r 4d. feed Is lid to 2s;', potatoes, £6 to £7 ss; onions, £3 to £3 10s. . The importation of oystea-a from other places' than New Zealand is prohibited. HOBART, August 17. Tho first reports of thq gold find at Long Plain were ovor-esti mated. Later I lesta give a,n average of oiie ounce and five penny weights per ton. Th« reef is <hree feet wide. HOBART, August 18. Tho A SS6 mb]y passed the Davlieht Saringßill. ■■ ■ * *