GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 898, 18 August 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teleeraßli-I'resii Ausoclation-Oopyri&ht, ' ——<— COAL-MINERS AND THEIK WAGES. (Rec.. August 17, 9.50 ! p.m.) London, August 17. Lord St. Aldwyu, the arbitrator on the boutn Wales and Monmouthshire Coal Conciliation Board, has refused the men's application for an.increase of two and a half per centum in their wages.

' THE SAUJON DISASTER. . ' Paris, August 17. The pointsman at Saujon, the scene of the recent railway disaster, admits that he signalled that the line was clear without waiting for his chief's instructions. This.was in defiance of the rules. BIG WOOLLEN FAILURE. London, August 16. James Piatt, woollen manufacturer, of St. Martin's Lane, has failed. The liabilities total .8182,580, and the assets ■£62,314. The bankruptcy was due 'to' unsuccessful speculation. • His losses were paid from deposits in the banking department. AMERICAN COPPER TRUST. ; London, August 16. . The Standard" state's that several American magnates recently' conferred in London with a view to forming a huge copper trust in the United States with' a' capital of forty millions sterling. . PRESIDENT OF CHILE DEAD, . Berlin, August 17. , Senor' Pedro Montt, President of the Republic of Chile since 1906, who was 62 years of age, died from heart failure on his arrival at Bremen from New York. Ho.witnessed tho shooting of Mr. Gaynor at New, York last wech FOUR SONS MILLIONAIRES., New York, August 17. • The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Darius Miller has been celebrated at Bridgeport, Connecticut. Four sons, all of whom:were millionaires, attended. Mr. Miller, sen., years ago gave them £140 apiece to start the world with. -■-. . AEROPLANE ■ V. .PIGEONS. Paris, August 16. M. Le Blanc, aeroplaning between Douai and Amicus, outstripped 47 pigeons which started at the same time.' SUN-SPOT THEORY. Melbourne, August 17. The Federal Meteorologist, referring to the, sun-spot theory regarding .weather forecasting, declared that Australia would have periods of drought, but that thero was absolutely no justification, by past experience of cycles, for taking a pessimistic view of the immediate or tho distant future. . ,

THE CHINESE NAVY. Kobe, August 17. ■ Japan is constructing two gunboats for the Chinese Navy. THE CAMDEN TRAGEDY. .' New York, August 17. Crippen and the girl Le Nove have been transferred to the charge of Inspector Dew, of Scotland Yard. They are expected to sail for London on Thursday, and reporters are watching the gaol night and day to prevent their secret conveyance to the steamer. London, August 16. The fine collection of pictures and sculpture by Australian artists which Mr. Tom Roberts, the. painter, selected for- the. Victorian Artists' Society, has been shipped by the ,steamer Ormuz. Sussex farmers propose, to start a large sugar factory. The Baroness Eekhardstcin, who was last year divorced, has been quietly, married to Captain Archibald- Wcigali, brother of the Kent cricketer of that name. ' Rome, August 17. Unfavourable weather has retarded tho Italian vintage. It is estimated that tho yield will amount to 27 million hectolitres of wine, us compared with 41 million last year. ■ „,' ~ Cairo, August 16. The police suppressed a mutiny of 400 prisoners at Alexandria. One prisoner was killed, and six wounded. Madrid, August 16. In a lunatic asylum at Vallndolid, five mysterious deaths 'occurred in a few minutes after tho first symptoms appeared. Post-mortem examinations failed to reveal the cause of death. The only sign was a red spot, resembling a sting, on tho face and neck. Sydney, August 17. Already thero are twenty-five steamers in the Australian trade fitted with wireless telegraphy apparatus. A lectureship in naval architecture and marine engineering is to be established at Sydney University. Tho Legislative Council passed a Bill to provide a superannuation fund for employees in the railway and tramway service. . - Thomas Butler has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment and his vrifo to three months' imprisonment, on a charge ot manslaughter, arising from the death of their five-months-old child, which died of neglect and starvation. The nine-ton yawl Pandora, which is cruising round the world, has sailed for Auckland. Melbourne. August 17. Jondescherski, one of 'a famous trio of musical acrobats who have been appearing at the Gaiety Theatre, was crushed to death in' the lift of the Palace Hotel. Adelaide, August 17. A discovery of radio-active ores has been made at Pine Creek. v . . Brisbane, August 10. A fire seriously damaged the Federal Chambers in Queen Street. The premises of several •tenants were burned out or seriously injured. The damage has not yet been estimated.