COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 87, 19 April 1913, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

FATALITY AT BUILDING WORK

(Received 9.15 a m.) Sydney, April 19

A man uomed Stapleton was killed and two others, Nicholls and Liiley, were seriously injured owing to the collapse of a tioor in a, building being erected in Pitt Street. FEDERAL STATE ELECTIONS. The Federal State election campaigns are in full swing, and are being conducted with great vigor. The Federal Government’s referenda proposals are meeting with strong opposition. The preparation of the electoral rolls has been badly muddled, and there is little apparent chance of them being accurate or complete for the elections. There has been a great rush to enrol, and already over 50,000 applications have been received. ' CHEAPER CABLES. Before the Empire Commission, Mr Paxton, ex-president of the Chamber of Commerce, urged that cheap weekend cables be extended. Code messages at present were only used for social purposes. If the extension were granted it would be largely availed of by merchants. Broadly speaking, cheapness of cables was of more benefit to the community than increasing the speed of steamers. Ex-Senator Pulsford expressed a similar opinion.

PROPOSED ABOLITION OF THE W.A. L.C.

Perth, April 19. Mr Angwin, honorary Minister, has declared that one of the first measures to be dealt with during the coming session will be a Bill to abolish the Legislative Council.