AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14930, 1 March 1912, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Br Tclej|i*2b.— Aaio<ii«Uon.-o,'ipyi^ht> A . MINISTER REAPPOINTED. (Received. February 29, 9.35 p.m.) , ■ ' < • Sydney, February 29. Some mouths ago Mr. A. C. CarmichacL for private reasons, resigned his r portfolio in the State Government." He has now rejoined the Cabinet ps Minister for Public Instruction (Education). v [The resignation by Mr. Carmichael of i: the position of Minister for ; Pfublic Instruction and for Labour and. Industry, fol- ; lowed on the arrest of his nephew, Campbell Moir, for the murder of' Trsvascus., <<' The other day .*. the v death !■"■ sentences on j! '■:-. Moi? and on the murderer Lawless were commuted to imprisonment 'for life.] J' MR. SPEAKER WILLIS.•; ■ - Sydney, February 29.In the New South Wales Legislative As- : sembly, a motion by Mr. Wade (Leader '■ ':! of the Opposition), • dissenting from the ; I Speaker's ruling on Monday in prema- -. turely closing the debate on the motion; ! . censuring himself : (Mr.;,' Speaker, Willis), was negatived by 33 to 23; %".} .>*.-.<:.•■.-,• .; ? REQUESTS OF MANUFACTURERS, -,:'?■•:. ; -.... ■• : :S Sydney, February 29. The Manufacturers' Conference adopted resolutions in favour of greater efforts on • the part of the State Governments to in- > duce a continuous flow of immigrants,-' and to overcome the scarcity of skilled labour. Another resolution favoured the introduction of the decimal system of coinage and v of weights and measures. .■-..'.',., , _,;< LOVE AND MURDER AMONG BLACKS : SA Perth, February 29. ■ The police are investigating the murder ; - of an aboriginal named Jimmy by three v other natives, who were jealous of Jimmy's attention to their gins. They lured him to the bush and killed him with a toma- f> ■ hawk and spears,' and then dragged his :, > body about the camp, . ~...> RESTRICTION ON HATPINS. . Sydney, February 29. A City Council. by-law has been gazetted prohibiting the wealing of hatpins that protrude in such a way as to be a; boot» of danger. A penalty of .610 is piovadodNAVAL SffiPBUttDINCHN BSH^' SYDNEY, February The State Government ' tracted to-build cruisers and drttMß^f Cockatoo Island, »nSydn^,jaaw S s £U toB-g-j -«j^a •••.'■•■' : '••''•■••■'-• '.;•;<;,' >^W