COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 30, 28 September 1912, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

BURGLARY BOOM. (Received 9.20 a.m.) ■ Sydney, September 28. The burglary boom is unabated Cases are reported daily.

WOUNDING AND SUICIDE. Melbourne, September 2H

Charles Davis, in a lit of jealousy, fired a gun at a girl named Bobba. missing her, but tlie charge struck another girl named Borberg, dangerousl j wounding her. Davis then placed tit muzzle to his mouth and shot himscl' dead. LADYLIKE AND TRUELOYE. The Wren libel action hinges pi. whether Ladylike and Truclove arc tw< different ponies. Plaintiff says Lady like is not Truelove and dcfcndair says she is. Mr Donahoo, manage, of the Victoria Park racecourse, i; his evidence said Truclove had bee: dyed a chestnut, and that the dy< was worn off the body but was stiL on the tail. Asked if he had seen horses dyed, he replied that he hai; seen twenty or so in Sydney.' - He wa,i sorry to say that most of them came from Melbourne.

MINERS AT BROKEN HILL. (Recevcd 10.15 a.m.) Sydney, September 23. The majority of the Broken Hill strikers resumed work pending a conference of the Labour Federation and aldermen. FIRE DAMP. The fire at the Pelawnam' mine has been traced to a shot igniting the lire damp. ' MATERNITY BONUS. Melbourne, September 23. In the House the maternity boiniiT A'&k put through committee without material amendment..

MUTINOUS CADETS. A disgraceful scene occurred during a parade of cadets, twenty refusing to jbey commands. . They attacked and seyerely'handled a-colour-sergeant and four non-commissioned officers.