GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 894, 13 August 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Pretm Association— Copyright,

. «. FATAL PORK PIES.

. (Rec. August 12; 9.20 p.m.) London, August 12. Fifty cases of ptomaine poisoning arc reported . from "Wrcxham (Wales) through eating pork pies. '. Several are expected to be fatal.

NEW AFRICAN STEAMER SERVICE.

London, August 12;' The Union Ca-stlo Line has arranged a monthly passenger'and cargo service to South Africa, via Naples, Suez, and Mombasa.

NEW CENSUS QUESTION.

Melbourne, August 12. ' Mr. King O'Malley, Minister for Homo. Affairs, proposes to add to the Commonwealth census forms a. question asking: " ! Are you out of work, and. if bo, how long?" ■ , '

REVOLUTIONISTS' REVENGE.

St. Petersburg, August 11. Revolutionaries followed Dr. -Agamanoff, who betrayed the Revolution-ary-party in Moscow, to Tiflis, where , a man and woman took a room, summoned tho doctor, and then murdered him. The murderers escaped.

OBITUARY.

New York, August 12.

The death is announced of Mr. Robert Treat l'aino; a well-known American philanthropist, who has endowed many workingmen's institutions. Mr. Paine was scventy-fivo years of age. :

BARQUENTINE RUN ASHORE.

Sydney, August 12,

, The owners of the. barquentine Helga, a wooden vessel of 1311 tons, built in 1892, have been advised that she sprang a leak during heavy weather, and ivus run ashore near Honolulu. It is feared that the vessel will become a total wreck. ■' ' .

POWDER EXPLOSION.

London, August 11. A powder explosion occurred at a fort at Spitliead.' A. sergeant of artillery and three mou wero seriously hurt. '. , —\ '

ANGLO-GERMAN STUDENT TOURS.

■ • . • London, August 11. Sixty German students aro, making an educational tour of England. A party of British students will tour Germany in 1911. •

THE LATE*SIR G. NEWNES.

London, August 11; ■The-will of the late. Sir. George Newnes, the well-known, newspaper proprietor, contained only twenty-four words. The value of the estate is £174,153. '. • . . ■

CRITICISM AND COURT-MARTIAL.

London, August 11. Lieutenant Allan Sutor, of the Royal Artillery, was court-martialled for publishing a pamphlet criticising . alleged army irregularities. '." . "'

THE EARL;OF EGMONT.

London, August 11. The Earl of Egmbnt is dead.

MERCANTILE- BANK ASSETS.

London, August 11. Meetings of the shareholders in the Melbourne Trust Company unanimously authorised the '■ conditional agreement for the purchase of tho Mercantile Bank Assets Company. A meeting of the: shareholders of the latter company confirmed the sale.

THE BARONESS VAUGHAN,

' Paris, August 11. French papers announce that Baroness Vaughan,\who was the morganatic wife of the lato King of the Belgians, is to marry a wealthy Frenchman, M. Emmanuel Durieux.

CAPTURED GENERALS,

New York, August 11

The Guatemalans captured Generals Bouilla and Christmas, with sixty moil, off the coast.

NEWCASTLE STRIKE LEADERS.

Sydney, August 12. The liberated strike leaders have- arrived at Newcastle. Their reception was not so enthusiastic as' was expected.. All spoke harshly against tho Wade • Government. \ ■

NEW SYDNEY RAILWAY.

Sydnoy, August 12.

Tho Legislative Assembly assented to a proposal to construct a branch railway to relieve the city lines. Tho cost is estimated at £800,000. ,

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES/

Melbourne, August 12. The Federal "Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Tudor) says that if the States'will not bring their Weights and Measures Acts into conformity with the Board of Trade'standard, the Commonwealth will act.

THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG.

Sydney, August 12. To overcome any diißculty in the way of living an Australian flag over the, Australian naval unit, an endeavour is to be made to liave tho different Dominions' Hags included in the international code. .

PARLIAMENTARY DEPOSITS,

Melbourne, August 12. The Federal Senate decided in favour of abolishing monetary doposits by Parliamentary candidates.

CLERKS' WAGES.

Sydney, August 12. In the Legislative Assembly the Premier (Mr. Wade) introduced a Bill to constitute a tribunal to lix a minimum wage for clerks.

EXAMINATION OF STALLIONS.

Sydney, August 12. Yesterday's horse sale was tho first occasion on which Government veterinary certificates were available. Buyers made a big " distinction between sound and unsound animals.

One of Nature's remedies—"Dingo" Eucalyptus. Cures coughs and colds in the natural way by destroying tho bacilli which promote them. Is. bottle every-. »l.<. r e.-Advt.