AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22612, 2 July 1935, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

DEATH OF JAMES SMITH THE INQUIRY ADJOURNED SYDNEY, July 1. The magisterial inquiry into the death of James Smith was adjourned until Wednesday owing to Mr Evatt, counsel for Patrick Brady, suffering from influenza. THE STRATFIELD SHOOTING SYDNEY, July 1. The police believe that the bandit who held up the North Stratfield stationmaster and wounded Allan Clarke (not Clark) is the same man who bailed up the two storekeepers. Presenting two revolvers and affecting a headpiece similar to that worn by the Ku Klux Klan, a bandit on June 24 held up two occupants of shops in Western Suburbs, in the first instance receiving £4 10s, but in the second only a few pence. Several persons who saw the robber leave the second shop gave chase, but without success. MINERS’ TERRIBLE DEATHS PERTH, July 1. Two Slav miners—B. Radishish, aged 22, and Ivan Simonivich —met shocking deaths in a shaft at the Ivanhoe mine at Kalgoorlie, when they were torn to pieces in a cage accident. With five other miners, they were coming off shift, when Radishish is said to have slipped. His legs passed through the cage door, and he caught Simonivich, pulling him out of the cage. DISTRIBUTION OF MILK MELBOURNE, July 1. A step toward introducing the zone system in the distribution of milk in order to cheapen the price to consumers was taken on Saturday, when licenses were cancelled of 31 metropolitan milk vendors, to whom approximately £12,000 in compensation is being paid, while every effort will be made to eliminate unnecessary competition. Adequate precautions are being made to prevent the milk business getting into the hands of a monopoly. WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S DEFICIT PERTH, July 1. Western Australia’s deficit for the year ended June 30 is estimated at £200,000. SURPLUS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE, July 1. The financial year ended with a surplus of £36,000. , BARONET KILLED BY TRAIN PERTH, July 1. (Received July 1, at 11.15 p.m.) Sir Alexander Thomas Cockburn Campbell was killed by a train near Perth to-day. He had been an inmate of the Salvation Army Aged Men’s Retreat since November. He was 63 years of age. He was formerly in the Western Australian Government service and a former clerk of the Legislative Assembly. He leaves three sons. HIGH PRICES FOR POTATOES SYDNEY, July 1. July 1, at 11.30 p.m.) High prices are now prevailing for potatoes in the Eastern States of Australia, £l6 to £l7 a ton. The previous records in the Sydney market were eclipsed to-day, when nearly twopence per lb was paid for locally-grown potatoes.