GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 881, 29 July 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraptt—Preae Association-Copyright,

LONDON HOSPITAL FUND.

(Rec. July 28, 10 p.m.) London, July 28. The Metropolitan' Hospital Fund was distributed at the Mansion House yesterday. The collections amounted to if1>3,336, as compared with .£67,0(10 in 1909. Tlio decline was due to no legacy having been received during the twelve mouths.

MOTOR STEAMER ORDERED.

Hamburg, July 27. The Hamburg-American Line has ordered a nine-thousand-ton motordriven steamer. '

THE MACAO PIRATES.

Peking, July 27. The Portuguese captured fourteen additional pirates at Colowan (Macao), and liberated eight women and children.

LOSSES THROUGH COAL STRIKE.

Sydney, July 28. At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian Gaslight Company, which supplies Sydney and Parramatta with gas, the chairman stated that the coal 6trike had cost the company ,£70,000, as the result of the high price of coal.

NAVVIES KILLED BY EXPLOSION.

Ottawa, July 28. A dynamite explosion on the National Transcontinental Railway hi Northern Quebec has killed ton. navvies.

THE PRINCE OP WALES,

London, July 27, It has been decided that the Prince of Wales shall not, until he reaches Ms majority,, accept the presidency of any institution.

'AVONMOUTH DOCK STRIKE.

London, July 27. The Shipping Federation, commenting on the agreement between the Bristol Docks Committee tmd the Bristol Dockers' Union, accuses the committee of avoiding any sacrifice, and of disregarding its pledge to two boycotted foremen.

STEAMER BURNED AT SEA.

London, July 27. The Peruvian steamer Hullago lias been burned at sea. Three of the crew were drowned. The steamer was insured for ,£90,000 in London.

CUBAN INSURRECTION.

Havana, July 28.' Official information minimises the extent of tho insurrection which is being conducted by General Caney.

FRENCH MEMORIAL TO KING EDWARD.

Paris, July 27.' Paris intends naming a new street "Edouard V 11.," and will erect an equestrian statue in memory of Britain's late King.

FRENCH WAREHOUSE DESTROYED.

Paris, July 27. A warehouse belonging to the Chamber of Commerce at Marseilles has been burned down. The damage is estimated at several million francs.. ;

GERMAN BLUEJACKETS MUTINY.

Berlin, July 27. The cruiser Bluecher, of 15,253 tons displacement, has returned to Kiel, where a party of sixty men has been landed under a strong guard. It is understood a mutiny occurred, the men alleging that bad food ■ had been supplied to them.

CHOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG.

St. Petersburg, July 27. There are 110 cases of cholera 'in St Petersburg. Fifteen deaths have been reported.

RUMANIA'S. CROPS.

i Bukarest, July 27. The Rumanian crops are reported to bo splendid.

FATAL COLLAPSE OF BATHS.

. Constantinople, July 27. Through the collapse of .a ladies' , bath at the seaport of Kuvala, twenty-five persons were killed, and many seriously injured.

FEDERAL MEMBER RESIGNS.

Melbourne, July 28. Mr. William Knox, who has represented Kooyong, Victoria, in the Federal House of Representatives since 1901, has resigned his seat owing to ill-h«alth. • Melbourne, July 28. Since the Federal Government came into power four of the nine Ministers have had children .born to them, and one has been married. , Sydney, July 28. The trading returns for the first sis months of the financial year show that the imports totalled in value .£10,229,000, and the exports ,£li,Goo,ooo. Calcutta; July 27. Mr. William Henry Clark, one of the principal clerks to the Board of Trade, has been appointed a .Member of Commerce on the Viceroy of India's Executive Council.