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Show Safety Matchea Running Short. According to a Melbourne, dispatch to the Sydney (Australia) Herald, reproduced re-produced In u commercial report, strict economy In the iiho of safely matches H being advocated by titer chatilH who know how limited the stocks In Australia are at present, and how difficult It Ih to procure further suppllcn while the war lasts. Already Al-ready prices hnve risen i:c, per cent In the wholesale market, and only n most careful use of thcue inaleheH can prevent nil actual shortage. Tti-' chief reason for this stale of affairs Is said to bo tho regulation In force. In Kngland that compels the factory which supplies nearly nil tho Australian Aus-tralian mulches to show no Ilghls at night, It being situated close to tho ThatucH esluary. Consequently, Ihn output Is reduced lo one third of Ihn normal quantity. |