Cable Jottings
'LAX AND WIFE SHOT.—Victor McKni tlu, aged 30. shot his Tvife anil men himself at Tam bo, Queensland., noth are dead. The motive for Urn snooting is not known. KEDKRA L REFERENDUM. —Legal difficulties will prevent the Australian federal Ministry holding a referendum this year seeking additional industrial iina constitutional powers. It is pos»lr>io that a general election will be hel l next year with the referendum at the same time. CAPITAL WRITTEN DOWN —As a Preliminary t77~a rationalisation plan an d a possible amalgamation. the directors of the famous shipbuilders John Brown and Company have recommended the reconstruction of the concern. This involves writing down t ]} e capital from £4,750,000 to -C-.375.0u0. .DEATH S 1 NTTi:N< U rOMMUTEP. ~rThe senton. es of death passed upon four aborigines for the murder of another native in Northern Australia have boon commuted to imprisonment tor life. The jury on May 9 found them guilty. This was the first time for 12 year* that a Darwin jury had returned a verdict of guilty in a murcase.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 9
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175Cable Jottings Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 9
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