COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 15, 17 January 1914, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

TWO FIRES.

[Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright i (Uniton PhkSs hmsoctation, 1 (Received 10.50 a.in.) Sydney, January 17. A (ire occurred at Jordan’s, opticians, in George Street. The damage is £SOOO. At Gunnodah a lire destroyed the shops of McCormack (stationer), Storey (drapery), Gerald (mercery),' and Pctheridge (tailor). The damage is estimated at £BOOO. McCormack’s stock was insured with the New Zealand Company.

AUSTRALIA’S NAVY.

Melbourne, January 17

Two submarines have been ordered by the Federal Ministry to leave England on February 28th. They will lie escorted to Singapore by a warship, where an Australian vessel will meet them.

AUSTRALIA’S COAL TRADE. (Received 10.50 a.in.) Sydney, January 17. Coal exported in 1918 totalled 9,286)621 tons (a record), compared with 5,030,308 tons last year. The value was £2,725,621, against £2,617,691 in the preceding year. Now Zealand received over half a million tons, an increase of 91,000 tons. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Sydney, January 16. A tragedy occurred at East Maitland. Richard Marsh shot his wife and himself dead. They had been separated for some time, and the the wife only rejoined her husband a few days ago. Jealousy was the cause.