Show safety matches run running ng short according to a melbourne dispatch to the sydney australia herald reproduced in a commercial report strict economy la in the use of safety matches la is being advocated by merchants who know how limited the stocks in australia are at present and bow difficult it la Is to procure further supplies while the war laete already prices have risen per cent la in the wholesale market and only a most moat careful use of thase matches can prevent an actual shortage the chief reason for cor this state of affairs la Is said to bo be the regulation in force in england that compels the factory which supplies supplied nearly all tho the australian gralian matches to show no lights at night it being situated close to the thames estuary eit uary consequently the output la Is reduced to one third of the normal quantity |