COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 35, 10 February 1913, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

A MURDER CHARGE. Melbourne, February 9. Walter James Anderson was charged witli murdering Frederick John Flint, who was poisoned by jam containing strychnine. Anderson is a married man, and made love .successfully to a girl who was keeping company with Flint’s mate, who was camping with Flint. The jury disagreed, and accused was remanded. TRADE WITH THE EAST. (Received 9.10 a.tn.) Sydney, February 10. Amongst the suggestions New South Wales submits to the forthcoming In-ter-State Conference of Ministers of Agriculture is the advisability of the appointment of an expert commission to report as to the reason why New Zealand butter is quoted and sold in England at prices considerably higher than Australian-made. There was, strong, evidence that the people of Japan and China are beginning to feel their power to demand a share of the Government of their countries. It was remarkable how Japan was gradually forcing her way into a possible monopoly of trade in that part of tlie Pacific. Their mercantile fleet had increased enormously of late years. Japanese influence had severely undermined Britain’s share, and China trade was seriously competing with English commercial influence in Indian waters. Only by persistent and up-to-date methods can Australia hope to increase or maintain her trade with the East. One thing forcibly strikes a stranger to the Japanese, viz., the unanimofls conviction of the Japanese that their country is destined to occupy a still more important position among the nations of the world. . COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS’ CLUB. Melbourne, February 10. The Governor laid the foundations of the Commercial Travellers’ New Club, which will cost ,£120,000. CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. (Received 10.5 a.m.) Sydney, February 10. A Chinese Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Sydney. It was announced that the step was taken at the request of the Chinese Government, its aim being* to promote the commercial interest of China. -The speakers predicted a great demand for Australian wool and other commodities in China, and adversely criticised the excluding of the higher classes of Chinese and their Chinese wives from Australia, though they endorsed the exclusion of Chinese labourers. THE “HERESY HUNT.” i The Labor Conference, after much bickering, appointed a committee to . inquire into the Government’s attitude regarding the Blayney election, Mr Neilsen’s retirement, and other matters in the State. Ministers decided to ignore this so-called “heresy hunt.”