COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 53, 26 October 1912, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

THE WRECK OE THE PAPANUI. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Melbourne, October 25. A writ lias been issued against the Australian Shipping Company, Melbourne, claiming £9098 in respect of 301 pasesngers by the steamer Papanui, which was wrecked on September 11, 1911, when bound from England to Australia. The passengers were landed at St. Helena Island, and the Crown agents for the colonies have undertaken proceedings to recover the cost of forwarding the passengers to their destination and maintaining them until forwarded. A DA BEING HURST TRAGEDY. Sydney, October 25. A tragedy is reported from Daxlinghurst. Mrs Hort, while showing a revolver to Harry Foley, a night porter, unaware that it was loaded, laughingly pointed the firearm at Foley. It went off, and Foley fell dead, shot through the heart. The woman lias been arrested. A RETIRING GOVERNOR. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Sydney, October 26. Lord Chelmsford Is retiring from the Governorship for purely family reasons. A sixteen-year-old son is at school in England, and in a couple of years will have to take up a profession, and he did not want him to say in the future if anything went wrong tiiat he had left him without his care at the most critical time of his life. The Ministry mutually regret the necessity of the decision. A MRS. WADE’S HEALTH. The wife of Mr Wade (Leader of the Opposition) ies leaving on an extended health tour in China and Japan. TREASURY FINANCE. Mr Cann announces that million Treasury deficiency Bills have now been wiped out which means a surplus from the revenue. AT THE WHARVES. Merchants strongly complain of the lack of wharfage accommodation .in Sydney. Trade is badly hampered and shipping is seriously delayed. WOMEN AND DRESS. At the women’s session of the Congregational Union feminine dress was warmly criticised. One speaker declared that it was a pleasure to look young, which was their chief desire. “Wo see many women in this gathering growing younger with the passing years.” Another asked why it was that the modern woman seems to find it easy to put off modesty when she put on her clothes.

THE NAVIGATION BILL. Melbourne, October 26. In the House the third reading of the Navigation Bill was carried. Sydney, October 26. The fruit-growers ’ conference has concluded. Mr McKee was appointed New Zealand’s representative. A resolution was passed in favour of appealing to the growers of Australasia to combine for their mutual benefit. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. The Herald states that the relatives of W. L. Roseby, fourth son of Dr. Roseby, a well-known Congregational minister who disappeared from the steamer Wodonga between Townsville and Bowen, suspecting foul play, asked for an adjournment of the inquest in order to make a more searching investigation. Brisbane, October 26. 'At the inquest- in Roseby’s disappearance, the Wodonga’s bedroom steward gave evidence that he was assaulted by two men over a hat-box one was carrying. Ho believed the missing man was one of them. The inquiry has been adjourned. A HERO OF TRAFALGAR. Melbourne, October 26. When the racehorse Trafalgar was returned home he was greeted as a hero. On leaving the train, girls strewed rose leaves in his path. NORTH MOUNT LYELL. Hobart, October 26. The North Mount Lyell mine has been unsealed to ascertain the progress of the fire. The fumes are less noticeable, and there are hopes that the management will be able to subdue the fire without flooding.