AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143672, 16 December 1911, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

THE MARGIT SOLD. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright (Received Dec. 16, 9.25 a.m.) ADELAIDE, Dec. 16. The wrecked barque Margit has been sold as she stands for £ls*l. The cargo of 24,000 bags of wheat was sold separately and brought £57. THE COST OF LIVING. (Received Dec. 16, 9.25 a.m.! / PERTH, Dec. 16. The Arbitration Court, m increasing the wages of timber employees, held that tho cost of living had increased 8s 3d a week in the past twelve months. POLICEMEN KILLED. (Received Dec. 16, 10.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE Dec. 16. In a motor accident at Campberdown on December 8, several members of the police band were thrown from the car, and Constables Riddle and Ogilvio have since died. NEW UNIONS NOT WANTED. (Received Dec. 16, 10.20 a.m.l SYDNEY, Dec. 16. The Labour Council decided that a new r union should not bo affiliated if another was already competent to protect the interests of the trade. COAL VEND CASE. (Received Dec. 16, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Doc. 16. Mr. Justice Isaacs will deliver judgment in tho coal vend case on Wednesday. EARTH TREMORS RECORDED. MELBOURNE, Dec. 16. Extensive earth tremors were recorded on the tenth and fourteenth.