GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 857, 1 July 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teleeraph—J?ress Association—OgDyrlsht — — ACETYLENE GAS EXPLOSION. (Rec. July 1, 0.15 a.m.) Dublin, June 30. Sharavogue . Castle, .at Birr, King's County, the seat of the Earl of Huntingdon, has been partially wrecked by an. acetylene jfas explosion. A stable boy was killed, and three other persona injured. NATIONALIST MEMBER UNSEATED. London, June 29. _Mr. Eugene O'Sullivan, Independent Nationalist member for East Kerry, has been unseated on the grounds of intimidation and undue influence. THE PRINCE OF WALES. London, June 29. Tie Prince of Wales has returned ta the Naval College at Dartmouth, where he las been a student for some tima past. "EMPIRE LECTURES." London, June 29. The Colonial Institute lias arranged a series of Empire lectures by qualified men, who will tour towns and villages in the United Kingdom. It also proposes to form local centres. PETROL EXPLOSION. London, June 29. By a petrol explosion on the lightei' Frisia at Gravesend, two of the crew were killed and one injured. LAKE COMO TRAGEDY. New "York, June 29. i According to Renter's Agency, Italy ia ' asking for the extradition of Charlton in connection with the Lake Como tragedy.

NEWFOUNDLAND FINANCE. St. John's, June 29. Newfoundland's surplus for the yea? onding to-morrow totals £84,000 (as against £35,700 for the previous twelve months). The increase in revenue from 'Jrown lands' was £40,000. OBITUARY. London, Jane 29. The death is announced of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Field Flower 9 Goe, a former Bishop of Melbourne, aged 78. Ho died suddenly. . MUSICAL APPOINTMENT. London, June 29. Mr. George Boyle, formerly of lins been appointed professor of pianoforte musio at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore. THE VANCOUVER SERVICE. Melbourne, June 30. The council of the Chamber of Commerce has decided to ask the PostmasterGeneral to include Melbourne as a port of call for the new Vancouver contract. FOUR JOCKEYS INJURED. Melbourne, June 30. Four jockeys—named J. N. M'Gregor, 1\ Cosgrove, Scastream, and S. Howie— received more or less serious injuries during various races at the Moonee Valley meeting. ■ GALE AT SYDNEY. Sydney, June 30. A stiff southerly gale is blowing witli a rising sea. "

HEAVY MORTALITY IN PAPUA. Melbourne, June 30. The Lieutenant-Governor of Papua (Mr, J. H. P. Murray) reports that a heavymortality lias occurred among the natives on the Lakekuna goldfields'. Two hundred and forty of them have succumbed to dysentery.

MELBOURNE PROPERTY SALE. Melbourne, June 30. The greatest sale of city properties on record was held in connection with the late Mr. J. B. Watson's estate. The amount realised was ,£331,420.