AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19107, 28 February 1924, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE. TENDER FOR £4,000,000 ACCEPTED. PrM* Aisociaunn —By Telegmpb—Copyright SYDNEY, February 27. The New South Wales Cabinet has accepted the tender of Messrs Dorman, Long and Company (a Yorkshire engineering firm) for the* North Shore bridge across the harbour. The price is £4,217,721. The Cabinet deliberated for three hours before accepting the recommendation of Mr R. T. Ball (Minister of Works) regarding Messrs Dorman, Long and Co., getting the bridge contract. The amount of the tenef'er is £111.809 less than the estimate of Mr Bradfield. In fabrication and erection the bridge will practically be 100 per cent. Australian. The contractors believe that the bridge will be completed in six years. Upwards of 2000 men are to be employed immediately the necessary preliminary' works are completed. SYDNEY TOWN HALL EXTENSIONS. SYDNEY, February 27. The Sydney City Council has empowered the* Lord Mayor to negotiate with the authorities of St. Andrew’s (Anglican) Cathedral with a view to purchasing the cathedral site for additional council accommodation. THE GOULBURN TERRORIST. SYDNEY, February 27. Robert Fenwick was committed for trial at the Goulburn Assizes on April 28 on eight charges. Shooting at Alfred Smith nrT February 13 was tbe principal charge. The police - evidence stated that Fenwck escaped from Gla-deville Mental Asylum in December. Dr Gillespie, who examined Fenwick in Goulburn Gaol, expressed the opinion' that accused was of unsound mind. THE INSURANCE COMMISSION. SYDNEY, February 27. The Chambers of Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures, and the Employers’ Federation have declined to give evidence before tbe Royal Commission on national insurance. on the 'mounds that such a scheme would be a burden on industry. SHEEP EMBARGO REMOVED. LONDON. February 26. It. ; s understood that Air Noel Buxton (Minister of Agriculture! intends to bit the embargo on "Australian sheen, provided the in mbich thev are shinned does not' call at Western Australia, where disease has been prevalent. SUSPICIOUS Ret ' TIMES. SYDNEY. February 27. (Received Feb 27, at 7.55 tvm.) Tbe post mortem on Charles Hnrfnrd’s exhumed remains dGelnsed nothing suspicious. but, the relatives have now asked that the contents of the stomach should