COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 85, 17 April 1913, Page 2

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

TROPICAL AUSTRALIA. (Received 9.35 a.in.) Sydney, April 17. Dr. Nesbit, of Townsville, dechues that white people cannot permanently live in tropical Australia without impairing their health, and lie advocates the creation of the whole of tropical Australis, into a separate Stare. GREATER J. D. WILLIAMSON CO. Sydney, April 17. At the annual meeting of the Greater J. D. Williamson Company, trie report was adopted. It was .stated that the position was much improved. With the introduction of substantial economy in both administration ard capital expenditure, the directors were confident of the resumption of dividends as soon as the returns from the amalgamated concerns were forthcoming. A vote of confidence in the directors was carried, and they were rs-elected. WRECK OF TEE MINDORO. Brisbane, April 17. The wreck of the Mindoro has been abandoned. The Court found that the loss was caused by an abnormal current, and exonerated the captain. ALLEGED MURDERER SUICIDES. Melbourne, April 16. Tames Rawlings, awaiting trial for the murder of Alice Hudson, committed suicide in the Melbourne gaol by strangling himself with his braces.