COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 73, 29 March 1915, Page 7

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.

United Press Association. Adelaide, March 27

In the Assembly elections, five Laborites were returned' unopposed, The returns are incomplete, but there are prospects of an even contest. Labor leads against the Premier at Victoria, and the Attorney-General’s seat is uncertain. Mr, Lomburg, who is of German extraction, resigned the At-torney-Generalship owing to bitter racial attacks, but he has been vindicated by the Murray electors at present having placed him second on the list.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

' PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.

Sydney, March 27. has been prorogued fr im April 9 to April 13.

IMPERIAL TRADE.

[Sydney, March 27

Mr Winchombe, discussing the resolutions of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce Conference said, while they all favoured trade reciprocity within the Empire, there was diversity of opinion us to the extent to which it should Ire applied. While some it It that a freo [exchange of commodities Ik>tween , Ap siraliiyainula., \you!d be mutually [advantageous, a dpiilar door ■ was’ajar to Australia and New Zealand, which was unfair to :ertain Commonwealth States, particularly Tasmania. He contended' that Tasmanian farmers depended on their protected position in Australian markets. Therefore the free entry of New Zealand oats, potatoes and peas would be ruinous to them. The conference adopted this vieiv, and decided to suggest to the Federal Government to reopen negotiations with Canada and New Zealand, advocating reciprocity with due regard to the protection of the interests of individual States.

AUSTRALIAN LIGHTHOUSES.

Melbourne, March 27

The date of the Commonwealth taking over the coastal lights has boon deferred till July 3Lst.

FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT.

Sydney, March 28

“Snowy” Raker, George Redmond, (news editor of The Sn ) and trvo others, were motoring in Baker’s car at Manly when the tyre burst, flinging out the occupants. Redmond was killed and Baker injured and taken to the hospital. , The others were not seriously hurt.