GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 887, 5 August 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

liy Telegraph— Pies* Association—Copyright, —■ 1 ~ —: — TSAR TO VISIT GERMANY. (Roc. August 4, 11.20 p.m.) Berlin, August 4. . It is semi-offlcially announced that tho Tsar and Tsarina will visit Germany in the autumn, when tho Tsarina will undergo treatment for a heart affection at Nauhehn. Tho Tsar will probably meet the Kaiser. .THE LIBERIAN LOAN. ■ London, August i. , "The Times" understands , that British, American, French, and German bankers will subscribe the Liberian loan in equal proportions. The loan 'is ' being ' raised under tho aegis. of the United States, to straighten, the finances of the Republic, which is populated largely by returned negroes from the United States. BAD STATE OF TEADE. '-■'• London, August 4. '" Owing to the bad state of trade tho Savings Club at Blackburn, the great Lancashire cotton ihanufacturing centre, is paying out ~£70,000 instead of the customary sum of over ,£IOO,OOO in connection with the local operatives' annual holidays. : ' ' ". '" . AUSTRALIAN CADETS. London, August 3. The Australian Cadets, who are on a visit to England, 'visited Portsmouth. The Admiralty-!arranged to have them shown over the dockyard. ' BROKEN ( HILL DISPUTE. . London, AugnsV3. The Mineral Separation Company "is" suing 1 the Zinc Corporation for payment of royalties on all material treated at Broken Hill (New- South Wales) since March 19 last. . . TEMPERANCE'IN THE ARMY. . j London, August 3. The' Royal Army Temperance Association states that forty-two per cent, of tho white soldiers in India have taken the pledge. BUILDING SOCIETY IN TROUBLE. London, August 3. The Hearts of Oak Building Society admits a debit .balance of ,£157,000. A committee of inquiry has been ordered. A.M.P. DIRECTORATE. London, August 3. Tho Right Hon. A. Akers-Douglas, M.P., has joined tho London directorate of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, in place of Lord Jersey,'.who retired on account of illness. A CASHIER'S DEFALCATIONS. London, August 3, Edwin Wider, cashier at the EussoChinese Bank in New York, who absconded after robbing his employers of '.£OO,OOO and taking half a million in bonds belonging to.tho bank's customers, but who was subsequently apprehended, has pleaded guilty to the charges .against him.: Ho will be sentenced on Wednesday noxt. A.NAVVY'S FIND, ■ ' , Paris, August 3. A navvy at Fontenay-sous-Bois,' a suburb of Paris, unearthed three vases containing gold pieces totalling .£BOOO sterling. They are supposed to have been hidden during tho Franco-German War (1870-71). '~-.■. AN ENGINEERING FEAT. ' Berlin, August 3. American engineers are moving a church tower at Bocholt, Westphalia, Prussia, a distance of 30ft. The'tower weighs 2700 tons. LOCK-OUT IN HOLLAND. Amsterdam, August 3. A complete lock-out in connection with tho cotton industry in Holland affects 8000 persons. ■ THE RISING IN HONDURAS. New York; August 3.' Seventeen rebels were executed nn d twenty have been imprisoned as an outcome of tho recent rising in Honduras. DECIMAL SYSTEM. Melbourne, August 4. A motion in favour of tho adoption of the decimal system of money, weights, and measures has been adopted by the Commonwealth Houso of Representatives by 35 votes to 2. VICTORIAN FINANCE. Melbourne, August 4 The Stato Treasurer (Mr. W. A. Watt) announced to-day in the Legislative Assembly that the revenue for the year ended Juno 30 last amounted to ,£8,528,000. This gave a surplus over the expenditure of £20,000, which was ,£23,018 above tho estimate. Sydnoy, August i. In tho Legislative Assembly, the Workmen's Compensation Bill passed through Committee.- A motion to include clerks in the provisions of tho measure was negatived. London, August 3. Sir Georgo Rcid, High Commissioner for Australia, and Lady Beid gave a 'reception at the Hotel Ritz. Many prominent naval officers and Australians were, present to bid farwcll to Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, who is to visit Australia at the request of tho Common-1 wealth Government. . I