COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 12, 17 April 1916, Page 7

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

THE PEARLING INDUSTRY. [Uniteii Presb Association.] Perth, April 15An expert giving evidence 1 before the Pearling Commission at Gerald•ton stated tint white divers were'a failure. THE INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS. Sydney, April 15. The report of the Commonwealth Statistician for the past qmrter shows an improvement on the industrial condition of the Commowealth. Thera were 149 disputes, resulting in the | loss of 239,304 days, and £120,409 in wages.. RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUES. i I Sydney, April 15. I The City Council h:.s approved of the rating up to fourpence in the £ on unimproved values only. Previously, tiKv-'imnroved values bore a portion of the rates. JOHN NORTON'S WILL. Sydney, April To. John Norton's will leaves ever.thin;.', to his seven-year-old daughter, and his widow is not mentioned. Litigation is probable. » I, ■ . A CHINAMAN MURDERED. | Two Chinese, Hoy and-Ye?, were sitting in their hut at Homebush .counting their money, when a masked man rushed in and fatally shot Yee, wounded Hoy, snatched up the money, and escaped.