AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 74, 23 March 1912, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sydney, March 21. The manager of Brennan’s amphitheatre has denied the report, cabled from New Zealand of the approaching amalgamation of Brennan’s and Ful ler’-s theatrical firms. He states that it is a canard. There was another scene in the Assembly. Mr Wood said that the methods employed were those of “push,” not Parliament. He failed to withdraw when ordered. The Speaker, ordered his removal. Wood shook off the sergeant and also two messengers. Four police entered, and Wood sub mitted. (Received 22, 1.5 p.m.) Sydney, March 22. The Assembly received the Housing Bill from the Council with amendments which the Government are prepared to accept. The Speaker ruled, however, that the Council had no power to amend a money Bill. It h probable that the Government 1 will drop the Bill and introduce a hew due embodying -the Council’s views. A fifteen-year-old girl • committed suicide at Munwillumbah after quarrelling with her brother over a piece' of cake. The manager of , a brick-malting firm in evidence before the Public Works Committee declared that Sydney brick-makers cleared a profit of a hundred to a hundred and fifty per cent. Brisbane, March 22. George Silva was found guilty of the imuyder of Maud Clung at Alligator Creek on November 17th and was sentenced to death.