AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2669, 14 January 1916, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

DISMISSED UNMARRIED MEN AT STATE WORKS. By TaleCTa-Dh—Press Association—Coiiyrlslu Melbourne, January 13. All unmarried men at tlio Federal works at Canberra have received notice of dismissal. MAN BRUTALLY ATTACKS HIS WIFE. AND COMMITS SUICIDE. (Rec. January 13, 8.45 p.m.) Sydney, January 13. A tragedy has occurred at Ultimo. A man nanied_ Edward John Hayes smashed. his wife's head with an axe. Her condition is serious. He cut his own throat with fatal results. The couplo had bad frequent quarrels, and after a row on Tuesday Hayes left the house. He returned early this morning, smashed in the window with an axe, and entered the room in which his wifo was sleeping with six of their eight children, one of wliom unavailingly tried to ward off the blow which was aimed at her mother. A note in Hayes's pocket referred to family troubles and his intention to kill his wife. NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT OUTLOOK. GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN'S REPORT. (Rec. January 13, 11.50 p.m.) . Sydney, January 13. The Government Statistician's latest estimate_of the New South Wales wheat crop is 5,166,400 acres sown, of which 4,175,000 are reserved for grain, yielding 62,050 bushels. Allowing ten per cent, for the farmers, and possible over-esti-mates, the balance represents the lowest production which might reasonably be expected. . On this basis, forty million bushels will be available for export. Eight hundred and seven thousand acres are under hay—estimated to vield 1,220,000 tons.

ITEMS IN BRIEF. EXPORT BAN ON OOAL. Melbourne, January 13. The Hon. F. G. Tudor, Federal Minister of Customs, has issued instructions that no eoal is to bo exported without .Ill's written consent. This is, he said, the only method of restricting shipments. CONTROL OF EXPORTS TO CHINA AND SI AM. (Rec January 13, 10.25 p.m.) Melbourne, January 13. A proclamation prohibits tho export of goods to China and Siam, excepting t-o specified receivers in those countries.