AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3659, 22 December 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received 12.50 p.m. , i SYDNEY, This day. Phil Newbmy has been awarded £SOO damages against the Triad. SIDNEY, This day. A mysterious tragedy occurred at Lindfield/, Suburbs. Doctor Tozer, the well-known cricketer, was shot dead at the residence of H. S. MoiTt. The latter telephoned iDr Tozer yesterday mourning to come, and see his wife, who had been ill for 'some (days. Toz«fr foad .- hatjdjly entered the sick (room when shots were heard. On tho door being forced, Tozer was found dead with a bullet through his brain, and , Mrs Mort was shot in the left breast. SYDNEY, This day. Judge Pring has reported that he is unable to state the real facts definitely, but completely exonerates Messrs v Mutch and Dooley from complicity or" knowledge of Talbot's £SOO. None of the three endeavoured to influence the Government in connection with the WhW Commission, but it was by no means certain that Johnston had given a full and truthful account of the dealings between himself and Talbot, who Judge Firing adds was quite unreliable and woiM not hesitate to descend to corrupt practices to gain Ms own ends. SYDNEY, This day. Mr Dunn stated that while damage to, wheat crops is extensive it is not as serious as was at first thought. The yield will probably exceed the original estimate by forty thousand. SYDNEY, This day. Steamer fares from Sydney to Singapore wii be increased from £72 to £9O from January. MELBOURNE, This day. The master bakers have increased the price of bread by 21d per four pound loaf. The millers are increasing the price of flour from £l7 to £2l per ton, MELBOURNE, This flayV The chairman of the Fair Profits Commission, commenting at the last sitting of the Commission, which is expiring, regretted the cessation of control which is necessary in many cases , for the protection of the public. ■