AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12933, 12 October 1907, Page 9

AUSTRALIA.

Unitwl Pme Aeiwciition— Br ElVctxia Telegraph—Copyright. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT. SYDNEY, Octobor 11. The censure debate has been adjourned until Tuesday. DUTY ON WIRE-NETTING. MELBOURNE, October 11. Tho House of Representatives finally reduced the duty on wire netting to 10 and 5 per cent. BRITISH RIFLE TEAM. BRISBANE, October'll. Several members of the British rifle team secured prizes at the Rifle Association's meeting. A MISSING PURSER. LAUNCESTON, October 11. As tho steamer Wakatipu was leaving for Sydney, the purser, J. V, Wallis, was found to bo missing. Ho left a letter in his cabin, the contents of which are withheld. SHOP ASSISTANTS' WAGES. (Received October 12th, 0.40 a.miO SYDNEY, October 11. The Arbitration Court award for the shop assistants in the city and suburban areas fixes the wages of assistants up to the age of 23 as follows:— Males from 5s to 455, females 5s to 255. It is computed that this will involve an aggregate increase in wages of £50,000 yeariy. SENTENCED TO DEATH. George Tofft has been sentenced to death on the charge of murdering Maud Fletcher nt Quiriudi on July. 29th. [The crime was a. particularly atrocious one. Tofft shot the girl, who wa& sixteen years old, in the presence of her mother, wlio begged for mercy, and then battered her with the end of his gun.]