AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 11 January 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE CASINO TRAGEDY

(Received 11, 9.10 a.m.) Sydney, January 11. At the inquest in connection with the Casino tragedy the verdict was that Bertie Gilmore died through a gunshot wound self-inflicted, and that ‘Mrs Perkins died from a gunshot wound, but there was no evidence to show how it was inflicted. VICTORIAN HOTELS CLOSED. (Received 11, 9.10 a.m'.) Melbourne, January 11. Since 1907, 12 hotels, have been closed, and the compensation amounted £213,443. r;. . ■: .; i; • TRADE Wi;iTl CHINA. (Received9.lo a.m.) Sydney, January 11. Visitors returning* from the East declare that the spread of western ideas in China should lead to a great increase of trade with Australia. Already there is an enormous demand for European clothing. UNPARALLELED PROSPERITY. (Received 11, 9.10 a.m.) Sydney, January 11. Unparalleled prosperity prevailed in the building trade last year. Over six thousand dwellings were erected in the suburbs. The expenditure on buildings amounted to £6,000,000. Representatives of all industries report remarkable prosperity with probably a continuance/ MOUNT LYELL MINE. (Received 11, 10.50 a.m.) Hobart, January 11. Five hundred men are working at the Mount Lyell mine. The management can put on an additional two hundred.