AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144709, 18 June 1915, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

NEW SOUTH WALES MINERALS. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. (Received Juno 18, 9.00 a.m.) (SYDNEY, Juno 18. The mineral output of Now South Wales for 1914 is valued at £10,409,702, a doorcase of £1,595,364. The chief decreases are in lead, zinc, tin and copper, as tho result of the war. EXPORT OF FROZEN MEAT. (Received Juno 18, 9.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Juno IS. The State Cabinet has appointed a Royal Committee to inquire into tho export of frozen meat. A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL. SYDNEY, June, 17, Hcrvcy, retried on a charge of forging a telegram, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, cumulative on tho previous sentence. Tho Judge, in sentencing the prisoner, said: “You appear to bo a past master in scoundrelism,' and you are a danger to the community. You have‘shown great ability in crime.” PROHIBITION TEACHING IN SCHOOLS. (Received Juno 18, 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 13. Mr. Griffith, replying to a prohibition party deputation asking that school children should be taught the injurious effect of liquor, said: "If I were Czar in this country I would abolish tho sale of intoxicants altogether.” Ho added that a text-bool: was being prepared to meet the deputation’s request.