COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3215, 11 May 1911, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED

CUNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.! SYDNEY/ May 10. Tlie death sentences' on. Muir and Glare, cabled on, April 6, have been commuted to imprisonment for life. STREET SPEAKERS. SYDNEY, May 10. The City Council resolved that a fine of £3 imposed on street speakers breaking one of the Council’s own by-laws was excessive!. FATALITY AT A FOOTBALL MATCH BRISBANE, May 10. A young man. playing football at Gympie l was struck on the head and died. RINGING CHURCH BELLS. MELBOURNE, May 10. The Full Court upheld the judge’s decision restraining the ringing of early church bells at Caulfield. NIOTES LOST IN YONGALA. . The- Federal Government has paid the Queensland National Bank £ISOO for the Commonwealth notes lost in the Yongala. ' STATE POLITICIAN PENALISED. (Received May 10, 8.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 10. Another State politician has been fined three pounds, on: a charge of obstructing traffic while addressing a meeting in the street during the referenda campaign. COMEDIAN’S SUDDEN CALL. (Received May 10, 8.30 1 p.m.) ADELAIDE, May 10. Grattan Goughian, a. comedian, was found dead in bed. He performed at tlie theatre on Tuesday night.

NEW SOUTH WALES CHIEF SECRETARY ILL. (Received May 10, 10.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, Mai 10. * Mr. Donnell MacDonell, the State Chief Secretary, is dangerously ill in a private hospital at Melbourne, suffering from an internal disease. PROPOSED LABOR. COMMISSION. (Received May 11, 12.54 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 10. The Government intends to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the question of the alleged shortage of labor, also into the conditions of women and juvenile workers. THE VICTORIAN WOOL CLIP. MELBOURNE, May 10. The Victorian wool clip last year amounted to 101,803,0001b5, an increase of 6,470,000 over the figures for last year.