GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 906, 27 August 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Prow ABSociation—Copyright, — ! -J , ;■■ STEAMERS IN •COLLISION. Sydney, August'-26. The steamer Canonbar collided with the Ulimaroa: while the latter was lying at the wharf. vTlio Ulimar'oawas not damaged, and the Canonbar only suffered slightly. THE SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE. Sydney, August 26. The carcass butchers have, offered the strikers a settlement in the shape of an agreement similar to that between the Riverstone Meat Co. and the Slaughtermen's Union. The slaughtermen are considering the matter. EPIDEMIC IN LEICESTERSHIRE. (Rec. August 26, 10.50 p.m.) London, August 26. Four deaths . from cerobro-spinal meningitis have 'occurred in Leicestershire. THEFT AT AN EXHIBITION. r London,. August 25. English watches and scientific apparatus, to' the value of £2000 have been stolen from the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition. CONGREGATIONAL UNION. London, August 25. The sum of £143,000 has ' already been subscribed for the central fund, being raised by the British Congregational Union. '~ NEW SEARCHLIGHTS. London, August 26. It is stated that a number of now large naval searchlights are . being tosted for the first time at night. MUTINOUS GERMAN SOLDIERS. Berlin, August 25. Eighty German soldiers, who were drinking heavily in an iun at Kaltenliausen, attacked and seriously injured an officer who was endeavouring to restore order. . ; ' ' SOCIALIST VICTORY. Berlin, August 25. The Socialists have gained another seat in the Reichstag by a very large majority. A FATAL EXPLOSION. Rome. August 25. 'A boiler-tube burst on the .battleship Rogina Margherita, lying at' Taranto. Nine men were scalded, and two of them succumbed to their injuries. AUSTRALIAN MILITIA. Melbourne, August 25. Tho Federal Government will convert all volunteer infantry regiments into militia. OBITUARY. , Melbourne, August 26. The Very Rev. George Oakley Vance, Dean of Melbourne, is dead. Tho cause of death was pneumonia. [Dr. Vance is tho second, Dean of Melbourne, and was elected in 1894. He was the son of an English clergyman, and was born in 1829. After his ordination he came to Melbourne in 1852.]

FARMER BURNED TO' DEATH. ~ ■• Sydney, August 25. Oswald Merrin, a poultry farmer, was fatally burned •in a fire which destroyed his residence at Hurstville. TREKKING TO NEW ZEALAND. Sydney, August 25. A number of men put off at the Neuncs colliery are- leaving for the West Coast of Now Zealand.