AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 528, 23 February 1917, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

FOOTIUI.I. DISCONTINUED. (I’c'r Press Assoeiiilion.) ADELAIDE. 1-Vh. 21. The South Austnili-nn Football j I/cague bus decided not piny until ;lu> ' tern-inntiou of Hie war. . | MX O'CLOCK CLOSING. : A XI) ITS EFFECT. I i SYDXEY Feb. 22 1 fAustraluiu and N.Z. Cable Assn.) I Deceived 8.30 p.m.. Fell. 22nd. | ’I he secretary to the Xew South i Wales Alliance has obtained statistics i from the Collet tor of Customs showing i that duiing the half year prior to six | o’clock closing, duty was paid on. I 12,277 LBo gallons of beer, and 03!!,780 I gallons of spirits, while for the half | year under six o'clock closing duly was I paid on 11,071,009 gallons of beer and j -105,050 gallons of spirits, a decrease in 1 Ker of 000,019 gallons, and in spirits 1 of 19-1,732 gallons w hile the decrease m Customs excise duty was .0187,10-1. lie claims that- as this duty represents j about one fourth of the selling value ; of Hie drink to the community (be | drink bill for Hm six months dropped j 0750, CM. j HAILWAY WORK MELD IT. ' MFLUOITNE, Fee. 21 I Till- lads of Hie Port Angus!.' Kalgoorlic railway have been laid lor I'M miles leaving a gap lietween the eastern and Hio western seelions of io’d miles. The work is held up owing to I .shortage of rails.