GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 902, 23 August 1910, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teleffrauh—Presd Association— l CopyrifihV ■MOUNT HECLA. ACTIVE. (Rec. August 23, 0.15 a.m.) London, August 23.' Volumes of- smoke arc . issuing: from Mount Hecla, in. Iceland. The suoir, on the mountain has melted, and an eruption is -'expected.- . - , V H.M.S.. POWERFUL'.' . . Sydney, August 22, H.M.S. Powerful, flagship on the Australian Station, lias . been docked at Sutherland Dock for an overhaul.

/ MR. GAYNOR'S CONDITION. . . New York, August 22. Mr. Gaynor, -Mayor of New York, ,\vhO was- attacked'and wounded- recently, is progressing favourably.

DREADNOUGHT CONSTRUCTION. London, August 22. ■ The slip at Portsmouth from which the battleship Orion was launched yesterday is' being prepared for the construction of the next ship -in- January. Considerable alterations to the ma-chine-shops are in progress to facilitate rapid construction. ■ .-

THE FRENCH HARVEST. - Paris, August 22. ' Better weather is improving the French harvest prospects.

NEW CANADIAN SERVICE; - ' ' London, August 21. , The Thompson liner Tortona, lias inaugurated a direct service between Southampton and Canada. • ,

■taxes and; profits;' •; • . London,: August 21.",' Messrs. - Mooney and Company, Dub« lin, announce that they will pay no interim dividend, the increased r taxation they are called upon to pay under tho Budget wiping out the profits.

MOTOR RACE.

London, August 21.. Pattschke and Poole were, winners of the .-twenty-four hours', nnjtor ; race,'on Brighton beach, .covering 1253 miles.

' . THE FRENCH TARIFF. .. Paris, August 21. French Socialists, are discussing' the' question' of dropping the corn import,, dutiesr especially as the existence of a "ring" ia. suspected. . . .

. . FIRE AT BUENOS, AYKES. • ■ ■ Buenos Ayres, August 21. ' At Buenos Ayres,' an emporium called tho Ciudal Londres'.was burnt.'- The estimated. loss is several million paper pesos.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. . Melbourne',-, August 22. ' The Federal government is, prohibiting the importation of sheSp, cattle, goats, , and pigs from Great Britain on account of the:outbreak of foot and mouth disease in that country.'

RESTAURANT PRICES RAISED. ■ Paris, August 21. Five. thousand wine-shop and restaur rant managers in Paris' have decided to increase prices.;