GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 886, 4 August 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, KING'S ACCESSION OATH. (Bee. August 3, 9.10 p.m.) London, August 3. Tho Houss of Lords has carried the third reading of the Accession Declaration Bill. KINS PRESENTS MEDALS. i, 0.10 a.m.) i_ London, August 2. King George presented medals to "the Whitehaven; mining heroes, to several brave seamen, and to King Edward's old servants. KAISER AND TSAR. - - London, August 2. The Kaiser Trill l yi6it, the . Tsar and Tsaritsa at Darmstadt at the-end of this month. , STEAMER REFLOATED. 1 London, August 2. The steamer Agamemnon, which went, ashore a few days'ago near Cloughey, County Down,'lreland, was got off. and has arrived af'BclfaSt. ' SUBMARINE MINE EXPLODES. . • Paris, August 3. As a submarine.mine at Toulon'was being lifted into a launch it exploded, killing two men and wounding several others. SIX MEN KILLED. ■ St. Petersburg; August 3. ... An explosion on a Russian, torpedoer at Kronstadt caused the death of .six men. Fourteen others were injured. RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA. St. Petersburg, August 2. The Russian Government will surrender its privileges of navigation on- the-Sungari River, the principal river of ■ Siberia, in accordance with the' open-door principles of the Russo-Japaneso Convention. WEST AFRICAN EXPEDITION. Berlin, August 2. As the result of a German expedition, seven chiefs in the Cameroons, West Africa, were hanged for. complicity.,, in the murder of' ti named Bret Schneider. STRIKERS BURN CARS. Ottawa, August 2. Strikers at Winnipeg burnt thirty cars belonging to the Canadian Northern Railway. ' ( VICTORIA RACING CLUB. Melbourne, August 3. At the annual meeting of the Victoria Racing Club the report showed that--a J most prosperous year had been experienced. The money received totalled ■£40,001), and the liquid assets amounted j to ,£45,000. DRAUGHT HORSE SALES. Melbourne, August 3. The New Zealand draught stallion Royal Prince has been sold for 275 guineas. AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATION.' Melbourne, August 3. ' The Senate has resumed its sittings, and has cleared tho way for passing the Trust Funds Bill through all its stages at one sitting. VICTORIA!* GRAIN CROP. , Melbourne, August 3. The area under grain in Victoria is 2,345,000 acres, 'in increase of 248,000 acres. DIPHTHERIA IN SYDNEY. Sydney, August 2. There is no abatement in the diphtheria outbreak. The Board of Health is unablo to account for its virulence, which is unprecedented. PURCHASE OF A COLLIERY. Sydney, August 3. An English syndicate has acquired the Svdncy Harbour Colliery; which has been idle for several years. Operations will be resumed on a lavge scale immediately. COAL STRIKE SETTLED. Perth, August 3. Tho Collie-Cardiff coal striko has been settled, the blacksmith, whose dismissal was the cause of the trouble, having been reinstated.' Melbourne, August 3. Tho first shipment of tho now season's butter, amounting to 40 tons, was mado to-day. ' Sydney, August 3. The Royal Insnranco Company has opened its now premises in Pitt Street, which have been erected at.a cost of .£50,000. ■