COMMONWEALTH CABLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 18, 12 May 1914, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES

jtXJmTBD Pbe«« Ahbooiation.j (Received 11.5 a.m.) Sydney, May 12.' * Astonishing evidence of the state of the Federal rolls was again before the Royal Commission. It is stated that thirty thousand names .were on the Queensland rolls which should not' have been on. Seven thousand names appeared f on from two to live different ’ rolls and also the names of about two thousand dead people , were on the rolls in Queensland, only. t Many, mayTied women appeared as spinsters. The New South Wales rolls were also described as shocking. ■"■Melbourne,., May 12. The annual t report ( <?f the , “Sun” newspaper 1 shows a profit, of £9569. A dividend''of eight per ceiiy was, declared. " ’ " . - • ■ Melbourne', May 11. ■ The National Coursing' Chib has appointed d committee to inquire into ‘the practice of “doping,” with a view to its abolition; (Received 10.5 a.m.) Sydney, May 12. There is a large surplus ojf bread owing to tjie bakers, resuming earlier than expected. The State works baked 20,000 loaves in a day. Sydney, May 11. , There are- eight cases of smallpox in the city.