AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17622, 8 November 1920, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

■ ' ■»— THE ST. KILDA TRAGEDY. TWO BROTH BftS ARRESTED. Australian and N.2. Cable Association. {Reed. 9.30 p.m.) , MELBOURNE. Nov. 7. Two brothers named I Pcarce have been airested and • remanded on a. charge of murdering Williamson, who was shot deed on Wednesday on interrupting"an attempt to' break into;a. bouse at St. Kilda, Both the accused were fully armed. They surrendered quietly, saying that they were "sick of it."

A TEAMOAE ACCIDENT. * FORTY PEOPLE INJURED. SYDNEY, Not. T. A tramcar over-ran another trarncar en the Cooj,;ee line. Forty people were injured, the majority slightly. CAEOO PILLAGERS MINISTERS INSINUATION. -'•-"•■ SYDNEY. Nor.- *- The New South Wales Chief ' Secretary. Mr. J. Dooley, answering a question in the Legislature Assembly regarding cargopilfering, said that he bad been informed that the greatest amount of pilfering was | on deep-sea ships, on which 95- per cent. ] of the labourers employed were clas«:Sd as j returned• soldiers and loyalists: statej ment was received with" much dksejit and some disorder. CYCLONE IS QUEENSLAND. BBISBANE. N'oe. 6. Cyclonic storms have again caused damage in Southern Qneea.«'ajid, the fraitGrowing districts f>f Ktantborpe nrrl th» | wheat crops in « Warwick faring ba<J:r. \ Many privaJo houw-n wf-e tin roofed in i Ipswich, and leverai unregistered race- ] horses were killed • - PBICE REDUCTION DENIED. SYDNEY. *« 6. Mr. McMillan, chairman <*! th«> VTarri Aajsotiiti >f>, knows tK.Jhtaj t>f the reductions in prices of ndt goods by 15 to 28 per cent., st r»bled on Friday. PRICE OP SYDNEY GAS. SYDNEY. %'e-r i The report of Mr Justice Wad*? on tfe» gas inquiry r«s>ai»sra*is 'Hat tits cofsipars.it-* be permitted to increase the price of ha* fcy I3d per 1000 f- The prese&t price. t» 5e Id. SWAMPING THE COUKdL. SYDNEY. No*. «. The executive of the Australian Labour j Party is requesting the Government to } nransp th* Legislative Coai»cii a* a pre- [ liminary to-it* abohtion. - - a 5 <*-* SEDUCTION OP LICENSES, SYC^SYj. a K.trr;: > «. Th« License* Reduction _ iMmsd h**.. de--1 cided to taJse aw^v' too !k»ft*«A from 16 | city eotei* from Jane 20 M&. ' This.Js 1 tlie Erst instalsMrisi. Th« exiting iss*el* = j number 314. B»4>tfe* ttsftxiiatim possible re» ; ■ dcetion is 78- „"• - "t*J[