AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143771, 20 April 1912, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

COLLAPSE OF A ' WALL. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. SYDNEY, April 19. By the collapse of a wall at Annandale two men named Roper and Habens were killed and a third injured. A REPRIEVE REFUSED. (Received April 20, 10.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 20. Tho executive refused a reprieve for Joseph Pl'effcr, who shot his sister-in-law at Albert Park in December last. His execution on April 29 will be the first in Victoria for many years. CONTROL OF IMMIGRATION. (Received April 20, i 0.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 20, The Federal Government has turned down tho suggestion of tho late Premiers’ Conference that the Commonwealth should annually arrange for 250,000 berths for immigrants, on tho ground that it was inadvisable to introduce divided control. The work of immigration is now solely controlled by the States. NEW BOAT FOR ARNST. ' SYDNEY. April 20. Mr. Mark Foy will present Arnst with a new boat for his race with Barry.