AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 17924, 21 March 1922, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ROSS'S APPEAL DISMISSED. DEATH SENTENCE STANDS. MELBOURNE, March 20. (Received March 21, at 1.5 a.m.) Ross's appeal against his conviction on a charge of murdering Alma Tirtschko was, dismissed! by the Full Court on all grounds, and the death sentence stand.';. LOST AT SEA. HOBART, March 21. (Received March 21, at 11.30 a,m.) Alfred Oxspring, quartermaster on the steamer Hororsta, was lost overboard; during heavy weather on Sunday, when the vessel wag en route to Hoba-rt. CHAMBERS OP COMMERCE. CONFERENCE AT HOBART. HOBART, March 20. The Eighteenth Congress of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia has opened. The presidential address emphasised that the time has come when commercial men must no longer carry individualism to the point of treating public affairs with indifference. The [-.resident deplored the gospol of sectional distrust and hatred, which is the gospel of anarchy. What was wanted in Australia before thoy could return to normal conditions was the readjustment of all contributing factors to that the selling costs might be reduced.

WIND AND FIRE. COUNTRY DEVASTATED. SYDNEY, March. 21. (Received March 21, at 11.25 a.m.) A terrific wind storm near Albury was •responsible for a disastrous fire. It is estimated that forty square males were affected. The losses in grass, stock, machinery, hay, and fencing will amount to thousands.