COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 86, 17 March 1916, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

mum -jfiViMcrcw BHS ; GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. [Dm-rm Paww AMnoun««.l (Received 10.35 ;ft&fcJSE»iaiS Sydney, March 7. The" Government contract with the Clyde Company involved an expenditure of £2,000,000, intend'of one'imllion as originally stated. RESTRICTIONS ON "TH E TRADE." ffi;fr:. v .-. . :■■' '•''■'- v (Received 9.15 a.m.) Sydney, Starch 17. The licensed victuallers have staged that the restrictions are a decrease of £12,000 per week in the wages of the city hotels. CLAIM FoT^ff&lSftP (Reeivced 9.15 a.m.) • Brisbane ''Asjlfe Mr Henry Ellerton, Inspector otj Asylums, is suing Mr John Wren for £IO,OOO damages for alleged defamation of character contained,in articles in the Daily Mail criticising the asylum administration. NEWNES STRIKE,SETTLED. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Sydney, March 17. The Newnes strike has heen temporarily settled, haying ; ; ag«eed to resume work pending the finding of the concili^j<ti^Q<?M^ •'"'•' VALUABLE N.S. W. EST AT E. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Sydney, March 17. Mrs W. R. Hall's will has been published. The property in New South Wales is valued at £802,000. The bequests include a number of pictures and otiief art treasures, including four reputed Gainsborough and three Conrad Martin's to the National Art Gallery. ..,V.„M.W'.i'|y '■ r\* <■> S\*J.'W' SERIOUS SttOOTl N$ AFFRAY. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Melbourne, March 17. William a .miner,, Incoming iiicensed at receiving notes in exchange for gold at the London Bank, Ararata ( entered the bank angrily, and referring to fired a gun r the shot lodging .4n< accountant 'Pemully, who fired i^.»retui;n^.but missed. A oon " stable setoff in pursuit of Poy,' and after' a.,struggle, during which hoth were shot', hut not seriously, Poy wp-elapiured. «Bemiilly'.K left arm had to be amputated.