AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 144, 10 August 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

BREAKING A MONOPOLY

By Electric Tolograph.—Copyright United Press Association.

Perth, August 0. The Government experiment of importing: potato ok and peeling them in bond, with a view to preventing the spread of blight, resulted in a rcdi'.otion of the retail price from -ltd to 2td per Ih. Pooling departments are being established in country towns. COHOX AT i ()X EX PEXSES. Melbourne, August 9. The personal costs of the Australian official representatives to the Coronation and the Imperial Conference arc £7390. INS Uli OR 0! XA T E CADETS. (Received 10, 10.5 ana.) Sydney, August 10. The cadets at Litiigow refused to par;ido because they objected to being drilled by non-unionists. PEXXY POSTAGE. Sydney, August 10. The Postmaster-General of the United States regrets that lie is unable to accept penny postage. THE VEND CASE. Sydney, August 10. The Vend ease to-day is the sixtieth. It is one of the most expensive cases in Australia. The litigation costs are variously estimated at up to £60,000. It is expected arguments will conclude at the end of next month. JAPANESE TRAINING SQUADRON. Sydney, August 10. Official intimation lias been received in Sydney of a protracted visit of the Japanese training squadron, which is beginning a Pacific tour in December. WONDERFUL VITALITY. Sydney, August 10. A man died in the hospital after living a week with a broken nedc. l ! c was conscious, but helpless.