AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13353, 2 December 1916, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

FEDERAL NOTE ISSUE. (United Press Association.) MELBOURNE, Deo. i. Authority lias been given to increase the Federal note issue to £47,000,000. VICTORIAN PRODUCE MARKET. MELBOURNE, Dec. i. Prices current are: Oats, milling Algerian 2s 2£d to 2s 3d, feed Is lid to 2s; potatoes, £5 to £7 10s; onions, £6 10s to £7. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. MELBOURNE, Dee. 1. In the Federal Senate Mr Pearce, Minister for Defence, announced that tin' total Australian casualties wore:— Dead 15.6GG, wounded 30,895, missing 3399, prisoners of war 654; casualties unspecified 302. FEDERAL POLITICS. MELBOURNE, Dec. 1. Tin- censure debate, on Mr Tudor's motion, continues in the House of Representatives. .Mr Cook lias promised that the Liberals will vote with the (iovernment. DAYLIGHT-SAVING BILL DROPPED. SYDNEY, Dec. l. The (lovernment has decided to drop the Daylight-Saving Bill, owing to the opposition from country constituencies. DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED. SYDNEY, Dec. 1. In the Legislative Assembly Hon. D. R. Hall, Attorney-General, announced that Cabinet had decided that Frank Franz and Roland Kennedy, who had been found guilty of the murder of Constable Duncan at the Tottenham police station on September 28, should be hanged.

NOT GUILTY. SYDNEY, Dec. 1. William Barnett, secretary of the Australian Miners' Association and publisher of Truth newspaper at Broken Hill, charged with having, through his paper, incited persons to murder the senior mine officials at Broken Hill, was found not guilty. LICENSING BILL. /' MELBOURNE, Dec. 1. In the Assembly an amending Licensing Bill was introduced providing for the registration of barmaids and that after the'passing .of the Act no barmaids except those now in the trade be employed.

COAL SUPPLIES. MELBOURNE, Dec. 1. The Navy Department continues to control coal for power supplies. There is no probability.of the unexempted industries receiving supplies for some time.