AUSTRALIAN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13265, 20 April 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ESCAPE FROM GAOL. LAUNCESTQNj 'April ,9. Two handcuffed prisoners from Campbelltown gaol by detaching' an upright from a wall, and battering'a hole. A REQUEST DECLINED. MELBOURNE, April 19. The Postal Department states that it cannot see its way to accede to' 1 the British Postmaster-General's request to sell British postal notes in Australia, owing to the very low amount of,'reihun•eration offered. THE CRICKET BOARD. The Board of Cricket Control -is (considering- the question of financing the English team's tour. •••■.: '• T '\ '' CHARMS FOR VOLUNTEERS. At the" 'Commonwealth ; Easter encampment the attendance of inilitia was 85 and volunteers 53-per. cent! of their strength. This indicates a seriously declining interest by" volunteers, and the Minister for Defence is considering offering further inducement to volunteers; also following, the example of the Army Council of England in issuing- a book of songs t«. us'e on tliei march and in camp. ATTEMPTED BRIBERY. A man named Alietti' was 'fined £IOO in default twelve months imprisonment, for attempting to bribe the handicapper of the Monee Valley Racing Club to handicap the horse Gelginite so that he).' could not win. . . ■ . " SYDNEY, April 19. A long sentenced prisoner named Cant, escaped from Berrmia Gaol, by l utilising a pole to climb a wall. After he had climbed to the top of the wall he jumped 20 feet. •■ ' THE COMMERCIAL BANK, At an extraordinary general meeting . of <he shareholders of the Commercial Banking Company, of Sydney it was resolved to increase the capital to £2,500,000 by the creation of 20,000 additional £25 shares. :.'<)■••■ GERMANS CAPTURING TRADE. The rapid inroads into Australian'trade by Germaus is causing sonie • uneasiness ;imon>; shipping firms. Figures havfe been prepared showing that out of 720,000-bales of wool shipped during the present season 255,000 were secured by the North German Lloyd's and German Australian lines.