GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 855, 29 June 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tcleeranh-Presa Association-OoDyrteht BIG SOAFWORKS BURNED. 3 ' London,- June 28. Messrs. Ogston a.n4 Tennant's aoapworks, at Glasgow, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at i : 80,Q00. The fire was accompanied by extraordinary scenes, the machinery crashing through the floors of the burn ing building. The drains in the vicinitj 5 were choken with a mixture of oil, soap, . and wax. i REINSURANCES EFFECTED. Vienna, June 28. Reinsurances are being effected on t\e Austrian Lloyd steamer Trieste, overdue from Aden to Bombay, at twenty per cent. , EXCITEMENT IN NOUMEA. Noumea, June 23. The election of the local Parliament V created much excitement. Three can- • didates, representing section.? of the community who opposed Governor Richards'e return, were elected, -defeating members of the late Council. JEWISH MEMORIAL TO KING , EDWARD. London, Juno 27. At a meeting of Jewish residents oj I London, it was decided to erect a hospital for Jews in the Hast End of London ' us a memorial to King Edward. OVERDUE SHIP ARRIVES. London, June 27. The ship Mount Stewart (ISO 3 tons gross), which left Newcastle on March 31, 'has arrived at Antogafasta, Chile, after the 20 per cent, reinsurance had ' been asked for. PLAGUE AT PORT SAID. i Cairo, Juno 27. i Port Said has been declared infected by plague, SICILIAN EARTHQUAKES, Rome, Juno 27. Commemorative tablets recalling the humanitarian work of the British people in succouring sufferers by the earthquakes in Southern Kaly in December, WOS, have been unveiled at tho city of Catania in Sicily. NORWAY'S NAVY. Christiania, June 27. 1 Norway proposes to devote ,£220,000 out of a surplus of .£275,000 to extraordinary naval expenditure. OBITUARY. Perth, June 28. The death is announced, at tiro age of 79, of Commander Richard Armstrong, K.N., formerly an immigration officer and an inspector of shipping in Now 1 Zealand. irELBOITTCNE PKOPERTT SALE, (Roc. Juno 28, 11.40 p.m.) Melbourne, June 28. Some land sold in Swanston Street, one of tho principal retail thoroughfares in the city, has realised XDOO a foot. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. Sydney, Juno 2S. In the -State Assembly, Mr. Cohen was • ro-clected Chairman of Committees after iv wrangle lasting four hours. The Labour party strongly opposed tho appointment, PROSPECTORS ATTACKED BY BLACKS. Adelaide, Jnne 28. The warden of the Tanami goldfiolds reports that two prospectors named UiirncM and U-ehay were speared by a. number uf blacks. Barnes iu self-defence shot a black dead. The prospectors wore not seriously wounded.