COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2738, 17 February 1910, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

NEW SOUTH WALES' MINERALS

United Press Association —Copyright

SYDNEY, Fel). 16

The State’s mineral product last year was valued at £7,627,500, a decrease of £982,100 compared with the jprevious year, largely due to the labor troubles affecting the output of coal, silver, lead, and copper mines. The decreases in value were: Gold £25,637, silver and lead £507,253, copper £54,051, coal and coke £734,497. Zinc concentrates shewed an increase of £440,397.

LABOR SCARCE IN MELBOURNE

MELBOURNE, Feb. 16

Owing to the dearth of female operatives in the clothing trade the manufacturers are considering a scheme for obtaining a thousand English girls. A HOT TIME IN MELBOURNE. The weather is extremely hot, 104.9 degrees being registered in the city. VICTORIA’S STOCK. The stock returns show that the number of horses in Victoria at, the end of last year was 424,903; dairy cows, 600,166; other cattle, 964,966; sheep 12,545,742; pigs, 179.358. MURDER SUSPECTED; The body of Russell, a coal trimmer on the steamer Suevic, was found at the entrance of the harbor with the head badly battered, in. It is suspected that he was murdered. < BUSH FIRES IN THE MALLEE.

ADELAIDE, Feb. 16

Great hush fires are raging in the mallee country in the vicinity of Murray bridge. Several homesteads have been destroyed, and others are in danger. A HOT TIME IN ADELAIDE. (Received February 17, 12.25 a.m.) ADELAIDE, Feb. IG. The temperature at Adelaide to-day was 105 in the-shade, the hottest this summer.