AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 193, 15 August 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

NO MORE LORD MAYORS. i (Received 10.25 a.m.) ADELAIDE, this day. At the City Council meeting last night the Mayor reported that his mission to England in connection with the claims of Adelaide to a Lord Mayoralty was futile. Mr. Harcourt (Seceretary of State for the Colonies) informed him that the Imperial Government had decided not to grant additional Lord Mayors to any city of the Empire. A STATE HOTEL. (Received 10.15 a,m.) PERTH, this day. The State hotel for the year ended June made a profit of £1687, compared with £2355 in the previous year. The decrease is attributed to a falling off in trade. WRINKLE TO SHEEP FARMERS. , (Received 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Giving evidence in connection with the shearers' case, the manager of one of Goldsbrough and Morts* stations said generally the tendency was to go in for plainer bodied sheep. Wrinkled sheep were less prolific, and stood the dry seasons badly.

TRAINING AND BUSINESS. (Received 9.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Six weeks' experience of the conrpnlsory training scheme shows that business firms were not much inconvenienced. As it grows, however, it is feared that business hours will be more encroached upon. WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. SYDNEY, August 14. John Colquit, a halfe-caste, murdered his wife at Wagga yesterday, almost severing her head, afterwards committing suicide. The couple had been living apart. Colquit was a well-known athlete. A POISONED TANK. MELBOURNE, August 14. Two men drank from a tank in the country near Shepparton. One died and the other is recovering. The tank contained rabbit-poison. There is great indignation at such being left unprotected. A FATAL DRAUGHT. SYDNEY, August 14. The Government analyst reports th*t the liquor drunk by the man found deai in the street on August 6 consisted of methylated spirits and burnt sugar.