COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 286, 1 December 1914, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

POLITICAL LIBER CASE. [By Electric Telegraph-Copyright] United Press Association. The hearing of a case wherein the Attorney-General, Mr Hall, claims £SOOO damages for alleged libel against the newspaper Worker, has commenced. The ground for the action is an article charging miscarriage of justice against Mr Hall in refusing to tile a bill against a man committed for trial for allegedly making a false declaration. RIVULETS OF BURNING OIL. Sydney, November 30. The fire at Meggitt’s was difficult to handle. It was a six-roomed building, and a hundred thousand gallons of oil were stored, A 15,000 gallon tank burst, and rivulets of burning oil flowed into the street. The balance was drained into the river, to prevent firing. Fifteen thousand tons of linseed meal are still burning. Insurances were £20,000.' .A SERIOUS FAILURE. (Received 9 Perth, December 1. The Government Statistician estimates that 391,000 acres, one-fourth of the wheat area sown, is a total failure. QUEENSLAND POLITICS. (Received 9 a.m.) 4 Brisbane, December 1. The Speaker resumed the chair and an Opposition member moved a want-of-confidehce motion, which was rejected by 35 to 26. RIVER CEASES FLOWING. (Received 9 a.m.) Melbourne, December 1. The Water Commission reports that the flow of the river has ceased at Nyah. A drought threatens. The position is than in 1902.

THE DOCKYARD STRIKE. (Received 9 a.m.) Sydney, December 1. The dockyard shipwrights have resumed conditional on double time for overtime,. THE CRICKET ASSOCIATION. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Sydney, December 1. Mr Bowden has vacated .the secretaryship of the Cricket Association.