COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 81, 30 November 1912, Page 3

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

A MANSLAUGHTER CASE. Sydney, November 29. King was found guily of the manslaughter of his wife in September, with a recommendation to mercy on the ground that lie was c,of weak Intellect. J Sentence was deferred.

REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS. Sydney, November 29. The scheme for the redistribution of New South Wales seats has proved unacceptable, and a new one will fie introduced. It provides for 27 divisions. Sydney gains two new electorates. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Melbourne, November 29. The imports to the Commonwealth in October were a record, being £2,898,000 above the previous October. On the other hand the exports decreased by £884,000. The imports for_the ton months increased by £10,138,715.

A SENTENCE COMMUTED. Sydney, November 29. The sentence of death, which was passed on Theogose for the murder ol Hoey on July 22, lias been commuted. BAIL UP! Adelaide, November 29. A man entered the Gouger street branch of the Commercial Bank at closing time, asking for change of a coin. He closed the door and confronted the manager, Mr Benda, who was alone* with a revolver. Mr Benda ducked under the counter and seized the office revolver, with which he covered the intruder, who bolted and escaped.

JUDGE’S CAUSTIC REMARKS. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Melbourne, November 30. In the tramway arbitration case, counsel for the Brisbane Tramway Co., in addressing the Court, said employers asked for justice, not sympathy, Justice Higgins replied: “Justice to you means dictating your own terms to another.” To a remark Justice Higgins retorted: “Some wetnesses are stuffed; they are driven into the pen like sheep and asked leading questions; that is putting stuffing into the mouths of, men wdien at your mercy.”- He added that the Arbitration Act was intended to encourage unionism". The manager of the Brisbane tramways had decredited unionism thereby disobeying the Act.

SEQUEL TO BOXING BOUT. (Received 9.55 a.m.) Brisbane, November 30. A youth named John Norb Collins was arrested on a charge of causing the death of a youth named Thomas Henley. This is the sequel to a boxing bout at Charters Towers. NORTH MOUNT LYELL. Hobart, November 30. Men descended a wing in the North Mount Lyell mine, reaching the 400 ft level, wdiich was found clear of smoke and fumes. In an attempt to-day, the free cage jammed when the men were endeavouring to recover a body. The water has reached the 800 ft level but less water is entering the mine owing to the dry weather.