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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 19, 23 January 1913, Page 7

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By Telegraph,— l»te« Atcoei&Udtt.-. Copyright. (Received January 23, 9.40 a.m.) TRUMPEft BENEFIT MATCH. SYDNEif, Thid Day. The Trumpet match will be Jtew South Wales v. the Bent of Australia. A TOWN ON FIRE. MADRID, 25nd January. The* town ofDiiettas, Which has a population of about 5000, is abla2e, and is threatened A?lth total destruction. A GBTtfAMAtfB JOKE. MELBOURNE, 22nd January. The sUpposed find of £600 worth of opium in a basket left by an unknowh Cmaese at a Chinese laundry Is believed to be a hoax, the tins probably containing an imitation of opium. NEW GOVERNORS, . 'LONDON, 220 d January. The Right Hon. W, G. £lli«ti4fMttrtney, Governor-Desienate of Tasmania, has been created a" Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Coldnel Sir W. Hi Manning, GoveMiOr of Nyasaland, has been appointed Governor of Jamaica, In succession to Sit 1 Sydney Olivier, whd Has been abtwfnted Permanent Secretary for Agriculture. PROTtfCTCM FACTOR? - WORKERS' EYESIGHT. LONDON, 28nd January, With a view to protecting the 1 eyesight of factory operatives, the Home Secretary, Mr. M'Kenna, has appointed a committee to enquire into the desiderata in the natural and artificial lighting of factories. CHAUFFEURS* UNION DEMANDS. MELBOURNE, 22nd January. The Chauffeurs' Union Is demanding a wage of £3 109 for a week 6f S4 hours, With one day clear. commonwealth bane Branches. MELBOURNE, 22nd January. The Commonwealth Bank has opened branches at Tpwnsville, Perth, and Hobart. CONFESSED MURDERER COM* MITTED. LONDON, 22nd January. Walter Sykes, the labourer who con» fessed to having murdered two girls named Collinson and Nicholson, aged nine and seven years, at Kemberworth in November last, has been Committed for trial. CONSULAR APPOINTMENT. MELBOURNE, 22nd January. Mr. John P. Bray, Cohsul-General for the United States in Australia, has been appointed Consul in Manchester.