COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 67, 22 March 1915, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

TRAIN COLLISION IN VICTORIA. United Pbess Association. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Melbourne, March 22. Twenty-five were injured in a collision, and are mostly suffering from shock' and bruises. One, Miss O'Neill, sustained concussion of the brain and is in a serious condition. The colliding train was empty. THE COLLIERY TRADE IN N.S.W. Sydney, March 22. Speaking at Minmi, Mr Brown, chairman of the Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association, said the Association had practically wiped out the cutting of the selling price of coal,, which had commenced with the transports being supplied at 10s per ton. He was determined to get back the trade lost ..through the afternoon shifts strike, even if he had .to cut prices. The prospects of the foreign trade were gloomy, and it would not have been long before the selling price would have fallen to Bs. CIVIL SERVICE RETRENCHMENT. (Received 9.50 a.m.) Perth, March 22. The Premier having notified that retrenchment was necessary, either by reduction in the Civil Service staff or by reduction of the hours from 08 to 35 weekly, the. Civil Service decided to accept the latter, which means the saving of £300,000 per annum. FLOUR FAMINE THREATENED IN WESTRALIA. (Received 9.50 a.m.) Perth, March 22. A flour famine is threatened, there bein» onlv WOO to>'s i«i hht> }"mtJ« of

the millers, while the' consumption is 3000 tons monthly. The government has done nothing in the way Ox "?P°r fcation, and the millers consider it k 8 now too late to avert a shortage.

FARMER'S DREADFUL ACCIDENT (Received 9.50 a.m.) Perth, March 22.

The dray of a farmer named Woods overturned and he was badly injured,, being unable to stand. He was lying on his back in the fierce sun, and was in great pain and agony owing to thirst for three days. By pushing with his legs, he managed to reach a waterhole, where seax-chers found him. His boots were worn out, his back was raw with the rough ground, and he was almost a skeleton, but is likely to recover.

BOOM IN RIFLE CLUB MOVEMENT . ~ (Received 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, March 22. The rifle club movement continues to boom, and there are now 390 clubs in New South Wales, with a membership of 22,000.