GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1393, 20 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telccraph—Pposb Asßocialion—Copyrizbt » LEICHARDT TRAGEDY. (Rec. March HO, 0.5 a.m.) Sydney, March 19. Mrs. Bray, of Loiehardt, lms been found not guilty ou Hie charge of murdering her ■son oil December IS. She was acquitted on tho ground o£ temporary insanity, fill's. Bray fired a revolver at her husband, wounding him, and tlioii administered poison to herself and her child. The child succumbed. It was stated that there .had been strained relations between husband and wife over financial matters.l IRISH ADAPTABILITY. New York, March 19. The President, Mr. 'fait, in addressing a St. Patrick's Day gathering at Boston, praised the adaptability of the Irish in becoming American citizens. TAXI-CAB STRIKE. London, Starch 18. Tho British Motor Cab Company refused an allowance of sixpence an'hour to drivers while waiting with taxi-cabs, and in consequence 1100 have struck. EX-LOUD MAYOR'S CLAIM. London, March IS. Alderman Farrell, who was Lord"Mayor of Dublin during (lie visit of Hie King and Queen to Ireland last year, is claiming arrears of salary, -which was reduced from J*o to JICOO. BRITISH BY-ELECTION". London, March 18. Mr. H. Fitzherbert Wright (Unionist) was returned unopposed for the North Herefordshire seat, (he vacancy being caused by the resignation of the sitting member, Sir James liankin (Unionist). FiAILWAYMEN'S MORTGAGES. London, March 18. Mr. J. H. Thomas, Labour member for Derby, explained in the House of Commons thnt the executive of tho Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants hud resolved to foreclose oil the mortgages under the society's loan scheme of members who bad t'niled to respond to the strike call in August, but had since rescinded tho resolution.

DEAR LIVING IN SYDNEY. Sydney, March 19. Before _ the Rents' Commission the Acting-Director for Works gavo evidence that the cost of labour and material for building had increased bv 40 per cent, during the last decade, and by IS per cent, during tho last two years.