COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 53, 4 March 1913, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

A SHIPP ING FATAL ff Y. & Sydney, March 3 The underwriters are advised that in the wreck of the steamer Haddon Hall at Saidanha Bay, on the African coast,. three of the crew were drowned. THE RESULT OF A STRIKE. In consequence of the wharf labor- < ers’ strike rtt Darling Island leading to congestion, wheat has dropped a penny. A.J.C. MEETING. (Received 8.25 a.m.) Sydney, March 4 General entries fpr the A.J.C. Autumn Meeting totalled 712, against CBl last year. FATALITY ON THE RAILWAY. A peculiar railway accident occurred at Murrurundi. The driver named sharp and the fireman, Whelth.tn, get off the engine and" sat down on a little-used line, and aparoaily both doaed off to sleep. A light engine came along and ran over Sharp and killed him, Whelihan being badly injured. BLOOD STOCK SALE. (Received 10.45 a.fn.) , m un o.tj (4■ ft .MotVoun-'’, »..M nv'.'h 4 ■ At a sate of thoroughbrel yearling?, a Traqualr-Snowy River colt fetched , six. .hundred guineas. A Positano-ln-dian Queen colt, 1500 gs; a PositanoParisiauce colt, 800g>;j Charlemagne 11.-Drungera colt, £72sgs. BY-ELECTION RESULT. At the by-elec cion for the Warrenhep electorate, Uogan (Labor) was elected. MOUNT MORGAN. Brisbane, March 4. Tlio Mount Morgan returns for February are:—21,417 lens of ore were treated and yielded 708 tons copper, and 0831 ounces gold, of a fetal value of £83,849.