GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 877, 25 July 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Presa Association—Copyright, WELCOME RAIN. (Rec. July-25, 0.25 a.m.) Ottawa, July 24. Beneficial rains have fallen in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. PIONEERS OP EMPIRE. ' (llec. July 21, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 23. The Pioneers of Empire gave a report of their mission in the provinces on behalf of Imperialism and industrial reorganisation to a meeting at Lord Londesborough's residence in Regent's Park, Lord Dundonald presiding. " CHOLERA IN THE CRIMEA. (Rec..July 2i, 5.5 p.m.) St. Petersburg, July 23. Cholera is. raging in the Crimea. There have been 450 deaths in a week. ANTI-TRUST LAW. • (Rec. July 24, 5.5 p.m.) New York,' July 23. The- Department of Justice has prosecuted at. Baltimore sixteen firms manufacturing enamel hardware, for an alleged breach of the anti-trust lair. • RESCUE STATIONS. New York, July 22. Rescue stations are being established at many collieries in the United States. PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA. r Buenos Ayres, July 22. Seuor Saenx Pena has been elected President of Argentina. HIGH PRICES FOR CATTLE. London, July 22. One hundred and , eighty cattle from the Buenos Ayres Exhibition realised enormous prices. They were bought for the Smithheld market. CANADIAN IMMIGRATION. (Rec. July 24, 5.5 p.m.) Ottawa, July 23. The Government has decided that immigrants landing after October must be possessed of .£'lo each, us a provision against the severe winter they will have to face. SDCCESSPUL COLONIAL STUDENTS. London, July 22. Messrs. John Drummond lind F. _G. Hell, New Zealanders, won medical scholarships at the final examination at Miuburgh University. R. Marshall Allan, a Queenslander, won a travelling bursary of the value of £200.

INDIA AND EMIGRATION. London, July 22. Simla's Legislative Council passed a Bill empowering the Government to prohibit emigration. The Secretary for Trade declared that the . Government would never exercise the power until it had fully discussed the matter with the country concerned. OBITUARY. (Eec. July 25, 0.25 a.m.) Brisbane, July 25. The death of Jlts. Ividston, wife of the Premier of Queensland, is announced. RICHMOND RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Melbourne, July 23. Claims for injuriep in Richmond railway accident total 433, being five more than in the Sunshine disaster. [The damages paid on account of the Sunshine disaster amounted' to about J812(J,000.] INTERNATIONAL LAW. London, July 22. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs, replying to a ques r tion in Parliament,'said he had been approached by France regarding the escape of the Indian student Savarkar (extradited from London on'a charge of sedition) from the mail steamer at Marseilles, while being conveyed to India for trial. The points of international laiv involved w J ere being considered. SUDDEN DEATH. New York, July 22. Mr. Farnell, acting. inspector in connection with the manufacture at Pittsburg of steel rails for the New South Wales Government, died suddenly while superintending operations at the ironworks. Reuter's correspondent adds that Mr. Farnell succumbed to the heat from the melting steel. New York, July 22. Wealthy sympathisers presented the suffragettes of New York with a clubhouse, costing £100,000. London, July 22. At the British Empire Club, the Australian riflo team, which took part in the National Rifle Association meeting, at Bisley, wero entertained by tho Australian High Commissioner, Sir George Rcid. Among those present were Lord Cheylesmore, Colonels Hjpton and Cowan, Major Richardson, and Captain Lloyd. Sydney, July 23. Ilenry Throlof, an elderly man of peculiar mjnd, suddenly attacked his grandson, eight years of age, at Jlaitland. Ho h'it the child on the head with an iron bar, and the boy died half ail'hour later. Immediately preceding the attack tho pair had been chatting in a friendly manlier.