GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2443, 23 April 1915, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By: Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) —; GAOL WARDERS BESET BY BLACKS ' "* TWENTY-THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE. Perth, April 22. Two warders guarding twenty-eight aboriginal prisoners workipg in tha grounds of W.vndham Gaol wore rushed and knocked dwn by the prisoners, "who then "'soattereiT. Tho warders chased them. One prisoner was shot dead, two were bounded, and twentythree escaped. CRIME IN NEW SOUTH WALES SOME POLICE STATISTICS. • f ■, (Rec. April 22,'8.45 p.m.) Sydney, April 22. ■ The report of 'the- Comptroller-Gen. eral of Police, for the year 1914 shows that,' excluding inebriates, 12,48-5 convicted and unconvicted persons had been received in the State gaols, including 2185 females, an increase of BS2 a > compared with the figures for 1913. The rate per 100,000 of the population; was 66D, as compared with 970 in 1?04. ... .... Th'o report emphasises the fact that few tradesmen were received in the gaols, a f act which possibly indicates that inability to obtain and keep remunerative employment is a potent factor in the cause of crime. INDIA'S WHEAT SURPLUS NO HOPE FOR SPECULATORS. (Rec. April 22, 7.25 p.m.) London, April 22. The Indian Wheat Committee has devised a scheme to prevent speculation. India's, surplusjyheat is estimate fid at 2,000,000 fohs"sn3"*tlie Indian o .' Government has fixed a maximum price for India's requirements. The surplus is to he handled' bv tho Wheat Committee's _ broker in London and the profit arisina between the purchase price in India and the price realised in London handed to the Indian Government. FIRST CARGO SOLD AT 6s. (Reo. April 23, 1.10 a.m.) London, April 22. The cargo under the Indian Government's wheat scheme was sold at 6s. per bushel. ■