THE COMMONWEALTH.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17115, 9 April 1921, Page 9

THE COMMONWEALTH.

f PATAL AEROPLANE CRASH. (By OivbTe—Press Assocmtioa—Copyright) ~ (Australian and NZ. CaTjla Association) . MELBOURNE, April 8. An Avto machine* crashed ,at the Point Cook flying school. A mechanic, Corporal Whicker, -was killed, and the , 'pilot, Captain Fryer-Smith, seriously - injured. • N.S.W. PREMIER'S ILL-HEALTH. ' ■■ • SYDNEY, April 8. , Disconcerting private jeports have 'been received regarding the health of 'the Premier (Hon. J. Storey), who is Hoi? in England. , ' . ' , lb is stated that he has been strongly x urged by his English doctois to abant don public life' altogether, _so as to ' obviate the necessity tor mental strain. ALLEOEITsLANDER. 1 ' "SYDNEY, Apnl 8. , Mr Bailey is, claiming £2OOO irom 'Mr i' Catts, leader of the Moderate section r*„of tho Labour Party, for alleged slan3f>der arising out of tho recent Labour £/ Conference 'differences. H POOD PRICES IN N.S, WALES. El. , (Received April Bth, 7.35 p.m.) «■».'». - . - > SYDNEY, Apnl 8. f% r The Goicrmnont Statistician's report is, shows that, during March, the'cost of b. lj "foodstuffs in New cSouth Wales was 4.5 "*/ Jpor ,cen<s. lower than in February, J' .while the decline on the past six months AM <>was 12J per cea,t. e '' f- (STATE MARKETING SCHEME. \ u " (Received' April Bth, 7.35 p.rrf) ■***" SYDNEY? April 8. i<l 'Tho Hon.'J. Dooley, Acting-Premier, '*J*,'Announced.that the Government was l! to launch a marketing scheme, which tho producer would be kept wl, Jh'touch with tho oversea markets, and ■fff'«piereoy secme tho best .return fort his ■sjproducts, wnile the consume/ would get $i- -his goods at reduced prices.\,pi' ' ■ jL >• IMMIGRATION. (Received April Bth, 7.35 p.m) ' V ;f *i SYDNEY, April 8. ffhe Hon. J. DOoley, Acting-Premier,, ; stated that when the water conservation a-1 "fchemes were established, the Govcrn- (',' Jaient would welcome hundreds of thou- \\> "Jamls, and even millions, of the right *,«-slass of immigrants, but not until the §\ OT had. been paved for their settleA«2 .foent. s , . f ' )fl| ' J anzaxTday, t W *j - t I§4 (Reoeived April 9th, 13.50 a.m.) M> i ADELAIDE, April 8.1 m 3 The Government has proclaimed gptinsao Day a publio holiday. - B» DOUBLE SHOOTING TRAGEDY. lip (Received-April.'9th, 12.50 a.m.) MP I April 8. . M% A double-shooting tragedy occurred at ijjs'by^Allen Lloyd, to wihom she was prodigiously Lloyd then shot himywlW dead. *«SB_it appears that Merril broke off the Lloyd went to her house vluithe early morning and did the shoot-