AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2717, 11 March 1916, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

' ELECTION CAMPAIGN OPENED r.;" By Telegra-pli—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, March 10. " ' ! . In opening tho Liberal campaign at ' Manly, Mr. C. G. Wade, Leader of the party, stated that local option had come r-o a standstill. He advocated the ,Victorian system. :. . . ' "WHEAT PAYMENTS. .WHAT THE FARMERS RECEIVED. ' ' ■ Sydney,- March 10. • In the State 'Assembly, -Mr. W. G. AshforiS, Minister of-Agriculture, stated, that. wheat, payments. to farmers: total- ;■ Jed £6)500,000.LIQUOR BILL. , * SECOND READING PASSED. Sydney, March 10. In the .State Assembly the Liquor Referendum Bill was read a second time. . BILL THROUGH COMMITTEE!; 1 (Rec. March 10, 10 p.m.), Sydney, March 10.. Tlie-Early Cjosing Bill passed through '. " Committee with, unimportant amendments. WRECK SIGHTED. i. SUPPOSED TO BE THE STRATH,. : V cona. ; (Rec. ;March 10,, 11.40 p.m.) " ." ' Sydney,' Ma.rch 10.' Tlie Lobo' reports'' sighting ' a i . ffreck;' south of,_the "Minerva „Reef..ort; i January 16., The hull was mastless, but was apparently undamaged. A'flagstaff' had been rigged, but was flagless. No I i castaways wore visible. The supposition ; . here : is that the wreck is. that' of. the ■ ■ Pacific Cable Board's- schooner Strathcona,. which was-lMt- bn tlie -Minerva j . Reef -in June s c a rc i.T.Yi fliiLxo iiii A C H,„ ; i 'AN 'AUSTRALIAN EMBARGO. ' (Rec. March 10, lb p.m.)' • ■ : * Melbourne, March 10., , Owing to-the diminution avail-, • - able- shipping- in - the Commonwealth, • caused by the salo of vessels and of- ' furth'er _ . Exccutive„liavo approved tlio;.issue.,of 1/ ia'regulation.-nnifor which a vessel owned or under charter in the Common- ; wealth or British vessels arrived or arriving may not leavo for an oversea destinatioif unless licensed. Vessels k" 1 engaged in t-lio .regular; trad.e; betw;.een j Australia and New "Zealand" or -the 1 Pacific Islands are exempt. ENEMY SHAREHOLDERS. ,' IN AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES. . : (Rec. March 10, 10_,p.m.)-- < . / Melbourne, - March 10. 'A regulation' has been issued order- , ing Companies to supply lists of enemy shareholders. "... : COST OF LIVING. \ LABOUR COUNCIL'S: RESOLUTION. ; • (R-ec.-March 10, 10 p.m.) " ' • ' Sydney, March 10. " ; The Labour Council hiis' resolved that ; the question of tlie cost of living should ho referred to the Commodities Commission, and that tho Commission's powers should he oxtended. enabling it to fix the cost of commodities.' HEIDELBERC MURDER. - ■ ; TWO ARRESTS MADE. Melbourne, March 10. j Two arrests have been mado -incon- • ncction with'tho Heidelberg murder. • , [The tragedy occurred on February i 29.; A chauffeur named William Haines ; was'found dead beneath a motor-car, covered With a rug. Ho had four bullet wounds in his head, and there were 1 bloodstains on various parts of thelcar, which was sent from Melbourne jn re- , sponso to a telephone message, the called giving the narao of Lestrange, An hour after tho departure of tho car it was discovered standing on tho road, and Haines dead. The police have ascertained that there is no ono of the

name of Lestrange at the address given. The position of the car indicated that it . had been driven from the_ direction of 1 Kew, and the spot where it was found was about three-quarters of an hour's 1 .Jim from Melbourne. There was no- ; thing in the car to assist in-tracing the ■ passengers for whom the vehicle had ! been engaged. Neither was there any sign,of a struggle. In the dead raaii's ' pocket was an unfinished letter, date January 9, to a young woman, in which he stated that ho was ahout to purchase , a-motor-cycle. A sandbag, about 15 inches long, made of canvas, was found ' on the step of the car.] LUCERNE POOL'. ffi government project. Melbourne, March 10. . The State Cabinet is inaugurating a ' 1 Income pool, at an estimated outlay in >. '■ advances of £30)000. A CENEROUS OFFER. i Adelaide, Mai ch 10; ~ The State Governor (Sir H. L. GalS Way) has offered his residence at Marble Hill for -use as a military hospital,'