GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 869, 15 July 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By T©3egrapti—Prers Association —Copyright.. , MISHAP TO ARMY AIRSHIP. ' ' (Rec. July 14, 10.10 p.m.) " i . London, July 14. ■Tee British military airship Beta, while Journeying to ' Bournemouth) broke a crank, and was' compelled to-descend at Andover. EMPIRE DAY." • , London, July 14. _The Earl of Meaih states that but forKing Edward's death 19,942 schools, ag- . gregating ;i,099,895 scholars, would have . telebrated Empire Day. FLOODS IN PRANCE. „ ■ * Paris, July 14. ■ The flood in the Seine is falling. ' EAILWAY STRIKE THREATENED. Z • York, July 14. Tho ■ trainmen and conductors on ' the Pennsylvania Railroad. have decided - to I :'™ unless their grievances are met. . There are indications that a settlement will be effected. ' . > . COST .OP ROYAL FUNERAL. ' ' FTTL „ . London, July 13. i. i VJ. Service Estimates give the oost of King Edward's funeral as .£40,500. . KING'S HORSES SOLD. ™ , , London, July 13. _rhe .King's.horses Slim Lad and Pernor were sold for 030 and 2000 guineas respectively. They .are to-go to Buenos Ajrea. - . _ . . IRISH 'CENSUS BILL. ' '• ' ■_ London, July 13. _■ The Census Jiill (Ireland), in which has been included provision for the tak-ing-of the religions of the people, passed through Committee of the House of Lords .without discussion,*' ' SHIP LOST IN ERUPTION. t, ' London, July 13. iJoyd si report that the German steamer Attika (1/80 tons) has been totally lost through a volcanic eruption. The crew landed at Oran, ..in Algeria. ; CANADIAN GENEROSITY. T , . ' ' . London, July 13. Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada, has given ~£IO,OOO to the Aberdeen University for a Chair of Agriculture. EARTHQUAKE IN THE TYROL. , ' '• . London, July 13. An earthquake • shook tthe houses in 6everal villages in the Tyrol, including obe r-Am m er;j au. Some damage was done at Munich, capital of Bavaria. The walls of the Diet building ■ were badly cracked. The schools were hurriedly dosed.■ ■ AUSTRALIA'S ADMIRAL. , . / London, Jply 13. It is expected that Vice-Admiral Sir c. erc |T. , succeed Vice-Admiral oir luehard Poore as Commander-in-Chief on tue Australian 'station. . CHINESE PIRATESCanton, July 13. Cnineso pirates stormed and captured J' uuse^ se militar y I? os t 'n the small island /of Colowan, despite the cannonading of a Portuguese ■ gunboat. The Uirnese sustained heavy losses. / MURDER AND RETRIBUTION. u N „ ew York ' Jul y ,3 - At New Orleans, 'Spenazzio, a member ©i the Black Hand Society, who came from Sicily, demanded 1 money, and then •not dead Manzella, an Italian grocer; Mnnzella's seventeen-year-old daughter, Josephine, hearing, the noise, entered the -ehop- and the miscreant dead as he WiW making his escape. i • FORGED BANK NOTES. „ ' Sydney. July 14. Many lorgert five pound notes on the 1 j mt have been circulated. Hie forgeries huv» been effected by means of photography. BRISBANE: GASWORKS TROUBLE. Brisbane, July 14. A conference of gas employees, col.}y, employees, and coal.-workers decided to to the dismisbed employee, u ilson, over whom the recent trouble occurred, submitting himself to a medical examination. s \ FEDERAL NOTE ISSUE. T H T •, »■ Sydney, July u. In the Legislative Council, the VicePresident of the Executive (Mr. Hughes) fitatcs ttiat if the banks cease to issue notes ■when the Federal Government's issues are available, the State will lose ,£34,000 annually from composition on . notes. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Berlin. July 13. A at Helmstedt, in the Duclij of Brunswick, shot dead his wife and two children, and severely injured three other, children. He then committed suicide. Poverty was the cause of the tragedy. ■ NETC ZEALAND. OFFICER ■ ■ PRESENTED.. London, July 13. At King George's- request, Colonel ■ Davie* (Inspector-General of the New ' Zealand Forces) was presented at Alrternhot to his Majesty and the Duke of Connaught. The King and his uncle ask-.d many questions regarding the New Zealand forces.