THE COMMONWEALTH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20000, 16 July 1920, Page 8

THE COMMONWEALTH.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 16, 10,45 a.m.) JtlE GAS STRIKE. _ ’ SYDNEY, July 16. The gas companies declined to modify the offer made to the strikers, and a deadlock has now been reached. STATUE OF EDWARD VII. UNVEILED, ‘ .the Princo of V ales unveiled n Statue to King Edward VIL in North Terrace, saying that he was proud to join m the South Australian tribute to his grandfather’s memory. MURDERER EXECUTED. Alexander Nowland Lee, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Ins wife and children at Ryhnie, has been executed. , VICTORIAN~REVENUE. t MELBOURNE, July 10. in the Victorian Assembly the censure debate has been interrupted to permit thq? Treasurer to introduce tho Supplementary , Estimates, showing that tho increased expenditure was almosL £1 000,000. The Treasurer esu mated tho revenue at £16,51X1 (XX) and the expenditure at £15,213 000' S a £sorao" WrplU V° f £1 , 50 ’ 000 > oi toUjOOO a« estimated.