COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 13 May 1916, Page 3

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

NORTH MELBOURNE TRAGEDY. [United Pbkbs Association. ] (Received 10.10 a.m.) Melbourne, May 13. Michael Crowley, who killed ins wife was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. j (A cable message on March 15 stated that Jane Crowley, aged sixty, [was struck on the head with a poker 'in a lodging-house in Norih .Melbourne, and later her husband Michael Crowley, aged 66, who was arrested attempted to commit suicide with a razor, but the wound in his throat was not serious. MOUNT LyELj:; MINE., <■■■ i ; (Received 11). 10 a.m.) MeU»outjic‘f, Slhyi 13. ■ Mount LfelT Company’s half-yearly showed a prolit of £110,500, and a dividend of 2s per share declared,

ALLEGED I NOR EASE IN VICE IN SYDNEY. (Ilceived 10.10 a.m.) ! Melbourne, May 13. . Speaking at the Presbyterian Assembly, the Rev. Brandt deplored the increase in vice in Sydney, stating That' the wickednesslai'gely 'due to ’the Sunday jiajigrs service up Saturday ’ s iifsli ipjul » ||iU>^»lM} * urged the i| ’ idll ll ML Mi Mi l tW'ty 1 : tii'uliHGi !< - VESLELSij#^AMED. ! 1 Sydney, May. 13. In accordance with the decision oi the Commonwealth-Dominion line to change the name of its vessels, the Whakarua has been renamed tin' 'Port Chalmers.