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INTERCOLONIAL GABLE ITEMS ■♦ [PER PttESS ASSOCIATION — COPYRIGHT.] NEW SEASON'S WHEAT. SYDNEY, October 22.— Samples of the new season's Avheat have shown. They are well-filled and of excellent colour. AVOOLLEN MILLS STRIKE. SYDNEY, October 22.— Over 1000 employers in the Australian woollen mills struck because they Avere not allowed to participate in the bonus paid to the foreman, and military' contracts are held up. ANOTHER WAR LOAN BILL. MELBOURNE, October 22.— After the Cabinet meeting Mr. Fisher announced that another War Loan Bill was certain. MYSTERIOUS DOUBLE TRAGEDY. MELBOURNE, October- 22.— The body of a young unidentified man and that of n woman Avere discovered in a bedroom in Whitehall Chambers, wliero they had resided for some weeks. They were not seen for some days, and the odor led to the forcing of the door. A peculiar feature was t M at the woman Avas badly decomposed and had apparently been dead h week and the man only a couple of days. A glass beside the bed contained the dregs of a supposed poison. They registered as Mr. and Mrs Harvey, but the man's clothes, bearing Perth tags, were marked with the ' initials "A.E.G." , ; STRIKE AT LIVERPOOL CAMP. : SYDNEY, October 22.— Carpenters \ and bricklayers erecting a new military camp at Liverpool struck as a protest against the authorities' refusal ' to pay their railway fares to reach work. The strike seriously inconvenienced the accommodation of recruits. VICE-REGAL RESIDENCE. (> SYDNEY, October 22.— The Cab- 1! met has abandoned the idea of de- " dicating Government House and the. s grounds for public pleasure and lias *' decided that the State Governor re-|| occupy them and that the present,' 1 vice-regal residence bo "transformed " into a hospital for returned soldiers. f>( 'i THE HIGH COMMISSIONERSHIP. 0 SYDNEY, October 22.— The Fed- y eral Cabinet discussed Sir George p Reid's successor. Though nothing ay was divulged the newspapers accept fi it as a foregone conclusion that Mr. I A. Fisher Avill succeed him. 'tl SOLDIERS BREAK CAMP. \ MELBOURNE, October 22.— Over 9i £0 soldiers escaped from the deten- !C) tion camp, and the .majority were not^ recaptured. Unless they return the_ O| authorities propose to expose them ' a by publishing their names and descriptions. I , 1 li WAR CENSUS RETURNS. e( MELBOURNE, October 22.— 0 f, d ~>r> I ,%1 War Census cards so far j c: sorted, (vl| per cent, are classed' as lit, 32 per cent, as doubtful, aud_^the rest as unfit. n ————— f 1 EARLY CLOSING. « SYDNEY, October 23.— Replying to si :ne Wine Association deputation's re- ti presentations against the application tl of the proposed early closing for the d sale of Avine on tlie ground that it d avouM be detrimental to an important!!) local industry, Mr. Holman promised jfi sympathetic consideration. H e AA r as'b convinced that the time must como for dealing with wine distinct from T ; b«or and .spirits. He pointed out y U\at tlie Government's oarly closing c legislation wass strictly emergency j, and temporary. ~ 9 ALLEGED MURDER. (> SYDNEY, October 22.— Last ° month the body of a fisherman " named William Parcell was found in * j Camdenhaveu River roped to an an- c chor.. There were indications of ill- 1S treatment. Deceased's mate, James s> Piper, lias been committed for trial ' fi on a charge of murder. The evidence showed that at the end of August, a neighbours heard quarrelling in i Piper's shed. Parcell was -not again y seen. Piper explained that lie had .f left the district. v 'SENTENCED TO DEATH. t SYDNEY, October 22.— Jenkins was sentenced to death. The evidence t shoAved that he Avas discharged from 3 the hospital and discovered that his r wife had deserted her children and , was living with another man. When he saw her Avith the man he assaulted , the man. Jenkins then borrowed a gun, tind, meeting his wife in tlie ' street, shot her dead. DECREASED EARNINGS. SYDNEY, October 23.— The liailway Commissioner's annual report shows that the railway earnings decreased by £50,709 and the tramway by £17,934 as compared with the previous year. IN A TRAP. SYDNEY, Oetf. 23.— Those answering "indifferent" to the health question in the war census axe being asked for details as to whether health incapacitates them from ordinary Avork. FOR THE FRONT. SYDNEY, October 23— It -is stated that 300 nurses have left New South Wales for the front. MUNITIONS. MELBOURNE, October 23.— Senator Pearce announces that after consultation with the British Government it has ..been, decided that for munitions be. etxended from March 31st to June 30th. ... ■METAL EXCHANGE. MELBOURNE, October 23. —Mr Hughes states that the niwtal exchange will be opened on November 8 th. THE TOTALISATOR. - PEKTII, October 23.— The Taxation Commissions' report gives ten years totalisator statistics. It shoAvs that; £3^517,359 passed through "the machine. • returning £87,446 revenue on a tax of 24 per cent. In 1906 the investments were £223,200; last year £484,881.