COMMONWEATH ITEMS

Southland Times, Issue 17464, 2 October 1913, Page 7

COMMONWEATH ITEMS

HARBOUR ACCOMMODATION,

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.)

SYDNEY, October 1

The annual report of tho Sydney Harbour Trust outlines a scheme for remodelling Darling Harbour, and providing extensive wharfage accommodation in other portions of the bay, in order to meet the pressing demands. of greatly Increased shipping. The scheme will provide for forty-three thousand feet of new - wharfage, and will take ten years to complete. The cost will be £6,500,000. During the past ten years Sydney’s tonnage has more than doubled.

A ROYAL COMMISSION - . SYDNEY, October I. Mr Justice Prlng has been appointed a Royal Commissioner to enquire into Mr Wade's-charges against Mr-,Griffith. The Commissioner is empowered to enquire whether Mr Griffith in the administration of the Public Works Department. was guilty of any dishonest or dishonourable conduct in connection with the construction of the city railway', the Bankstown railway, certain tram extensions, and a land purchase at Uhr’s Point, but the Medlow land purchase. one of Mr Wade’s charges, is excluded. Mr Holman, in announcing the appointment in the Assembly, said i the Commission was full, and embraced every charge against Mr Griffith regarding his administration of the Department- If other charges were made its scope would be widened to embrace them. Later Mr Wade moved the adjournment of the House. He complained of the exclusion of the Medlow charge, and a warm debate ensued, in which the Government action was severely attacked. Eventually the closure was applied. RAILWAYS LOAM BILL. SYDNEY, October 1. The Council passed the three million railways loan Bill. MR WADE’S ALLEGATIONS. SYDNEY, Sept. 30. Mr Wade declines Mr Holman’s challenge to re-state the charges against Mr Griffth, Minister for Works, outside the House. He says that he has given the Government a sufficient opening by making the charges on the floor of the House. "If Mr. Holman's conscience is clear,” ho says, “let him place my speeches in the hands of a Royal Commission, and I will produce evidence in support of every assertion.” A CLEVER RUSH. PIES FOR SOVEREIGNS. MELBOURNE, Sept. 30. A clever ruse has been worked an a city tailoring firm. A man ordered £6O worth of clothes,. which were not delivered. Later the man visited the shop and stated that he had .just completed a deal, and asked the tailor if he would take payment from the Arm with whom he had done business. The tailor agreed, and with the customer visited a catering establishment. Thb customer asked the caterer to give “sixty out of his hundred" to the tailor. The pair returning ,to the tailor’s .shop, the customer received the clothes and departed. Subsequently the caterer, instead of sixty sovereigns, delivered sixty threepenny pies to the tailor.