MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Press, Volume L, Issue 15135, 26 November 1914, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

. The Federal Cabinet has extended Sir George Reid's term of office as High Commissioner. Tho period for which it ha-s been extended, has not been disclosed. On appeal, Mr Justice Cussen reduced tho wages of clerks in Melbourne, excepting in the Metropolitan area, as fixed by tho Wages Board in August last. The wages of women, whose pay was fixed e<qual to that of men, have also been varied. Tho body of a middle-aged Japanese was found buried in tho sand at Fishermen's Bend, Port Melbourne. Shot and other wounds wero found on the head, aud the indications aro that a, brutal murder has been committed. Apparently tho body was only buried tho previous day. So far there is no cluo to tho perpetrators of tho crime.