AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10763, 10 May 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[By Electric Tkleguaph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) ITALIAN" TRAGEDY. Melbourne, May 9. An Italian named Annetto shot Meloni Receo, the wife of his cousin, dead with a revolver, then fatally shot himself. Jealousy was the cause. .He recently attempted to shoot the murdered woman',) husband. THE COAL COMBINE. Sydney,. May 9. At the coal vend case further lengthy evidence was given that certain shipping agents were unable to obtain supplies of coal for the inter-State trade owing to the operations of the alleged combine. VALUAHLK SHEEP. Sydney, May D. A liimdemar Estate ram was .sold for 1000 guineas to Mr W. Gihb. . A MINERS' SPLIT. Sydney, May 9. The Jerilderie Coal and Shale Miners' Federation of New South Wales is,, threatened with dissolution. A ballot of the northern miners (the strongest division) decided not to continue affiliation with the Federation created on August 10th, 190.9, Peter Bowling being prominent in its formation: COST OF PIG-HEADEDNESS.f'. - Perth, May 9," A man was fined £lO for refusing to fill in a census paper. FATAL FIRE. ;< SVjdriejV'May 10..; A fatal fire; occurred in the Mullehgudgery railway ..station. Breeze, the caretaker, his wife, and three children were within the building. The wife removed Breeze, who was an invalid, and then the children. All were badly burnt.; A boy of seven died, and a second is in a precarious state. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. Sydney, May 10.. The death sentences on Millar and Clare, the 17-year-old boys who murdered Mrs Warby and her: daughter, have been commuted to imprisonment for life. - SHORTAGE OF TRUCKS. . Melbourne,- May 10." The" miners in the State coal mine struck and refused to resume work until one of their grievances, the shortage of trucks, has been settled to their satisfaction. FIXED THE STRIKE. Received May 10, at 10.40 a.m. Sydney, May 10. : i; The men engaged on. the MoreJVliui.igindi railway, which the Government is building hy-Hay labor; struck for 15s a day for'.a maht.with •a-iliQrsevi'.Mr Griffith immediately purchased the horses and sent other men, who replaced the strikers, stating: "I cannot allow workmen to dictate to the Department." SYDNEY AND ITS BY-LAWS. Sydney, May 10. The City Council resolved that the fine of r '£3 imposed on street speakers for breaking one of the Council's own by-laws was excessive. • - y . ;■ WORK AND WAGES". •; • Melbourne, May 10. The harvester workers are conducting a secret ballot as to whether they 'will return to work, and it-is probable that a start will be made to-morrow. .. '■ THE SUNDAY MORNING SLEEP. ! ••;■• Melbourne,: May ; 10. The Full Court liphela the Judge's decision restraining the.ringing of early Church .bells, : at. Caulfield. LOST ON THE YONGALA. Melbourne, May 10. The Federal Government" paid the Queensland National Bank £15,000 for Commonwealth notes lost on the Yongala.