GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TeJeeraph—Prew ABsoclation—QopyrighV • 'iFEICANo b6tJNDAEY QUESTION. • (Eec./ September 1,; 10.10 p.m.) ; J :- : y. ~.. Uondori, September 1. ■' Great Britain, Germany, and. Belgium -have" settled the' details of; their respective boundaries in the' lake district in Central Africa, and in East Africa.,'; V A. DARINGt EOBBEEY. ' -; i :;- : ' ■■ Melbourne,.September>l. ■- ; A daring theft is reported from; North" Melbourne, where', .some, broke into Messrs. Aaron's tannery and: stole, leather valued "at about ,£IOOO, using the firm's horse' and cart to take away the ■property.' .' I. : ; '■'.■■.:._ ..-.': : y. ~ ; ' ].; BANK COMBINE. DEOPPED. /'•■ i .'■. .. i. • London, September 1. The proposed amalgamation of Parr's Bank with the Lancashire and Yorkshire ' Bank has been dropped. /. ■-. -; , '.'A EEPOEM.' ; V '■' Lisbon, September 1. .'The. Government . has decided to .re-, voke the.laws subordinating the' civil 1 to the- ecclesiastical tribunals.; . ■-.• ,;—, ■ : OBITUARY;' .■ •.'■'• ,-.'■'■:':'. London;. August -St" : -) . The■• death occurred at'. Tenby, Pembroke, Wales,' of General Sin Frederick I'orestier-Walker. K.C.8... G.C.H.G. .'; .The deceased general was- sixty-seven years of age, arid was the son of the late General' Sir..; ■ Edward Eorestier-Walker. He entered the-Array in 1862, and saw, active service in the Kaffir War (1§77-78); the Zulu ..War .(1879), and. in the Boer War. : ' During the last five years he'has been Governor of Gibraltar. '■■■;■:'■' .■-■;■■'■'■

V- ? . -,- .LEICESTER; EPIDEMIC.:,- ';' '. .:■■:'.'; ■■•/'■••■'.■■■' '.oLbndon/vAtignst'siiV' , At Leicester, a' case'; of spotted. fever (cerebro-spinal meningitis)- has' ended fatally. The ..President, of the .Local Government Board, Mr. John Burns, has ordered a general .inquiry - into the out- .'-.. ■;', -.. ;. ; -.; :■'..■'■. \, ' :\j.;-' .■;''S-RATS AND -CONSUMPTION. '■■■:■) ,'' '■■•■■■■■•'■■. London, August 31.' A thousand radiographic examinations ■of--consumptives 'in tho London hospitals show jthat x-rays are. indispensable in the- treatment of consumptives. By their aid the disease can be exactly located; - ?.' : ' ■ "THE ENCYCLOPEDIA" :. V ■ -■■ '':■. .-, BEITANNICA." ■■'..,/;,.'; y ■''/'■ '' ■-. -.:■' '"■ Lohdon, August : 81... Cambridge University 'is assuming the copyright, and issuing .in December next the eleventh' edition of the "Encyclopedia Biitannica," consisting of 28 volu,mes.: • ; f GEEECE' AND TUEKET. ':-•'''..' ,: , Constantinople,'-August 31.: .'■ The. ■ anti-Greek.. boycott '■has. re-, newed,.arid is spreading. . ■';'' : ' ."■■ .' -■',-.,' ."; '•■' _THE'KINETOPHONE. >: i .:,.: : .'■;.' . ■'• Nevv York, August-31.■■ : Mr. T. A. Edison has given a successful demonstration of his new invention, the kinetophone, a combination of the phonograph; and kinematograph. ■': '. >;. .■; ~AUSTRALIAN.RIFLEMEN. .':'•■ "'• ".."' Sydney, September I.' ; Over 90: per centum: of 12,839 riflemen have been -returned, as, efficient. • ■ , •;.-.- '. :.' AN ISLAND I 'VOLCANO; "; v : i .: :■'■ '• Sydney, September I." The volcano on Tiiiakiila Island, Santa Cruz, group,. is in active eruption. . THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. '". .'' . ; >,;-Cape,Town, August 3l/ y ■■-. Cape newspapers defend : tho smallriess of the Union Government's contribution (,£!)00) to tho Scott. Antarctic Expedition. Ife smallness, they say, is due to depression. They ..urge private benevolence on tho part of mining magnates. ' :, .' ■' VICTOKIANS ENTERTAINED. '. ;. .. ■ -.. ''. London, August' 31.' . Victorians, residont in. London, gave .a banquet to Mr. H. M'Kenzie (Victorian Minister of Lands) and Mr. Ehvpod Mead (Irrigation- Expert), who; have "visited Britain 'with" ' the' object of, securing emigrants. .Lord Goschen presided. The banquet, which took place at tho Gaiety Restaurant, was 'attended by 150' leading commercial men! financiers, and merchants.- ■ :'■ .. ■ ."' ■■' . : .;■.' .-■ VICTORIAN EOTAL'!SHPW; • ■ -•"■ 'Melbourne; September 1. At the Royal Show-: Mr. Mand won the champion dud'reserve honours in the Romney ; Marsh 6'ection' with a New Zea-land-brcd ewCi . ■ ~ The Governor ofßoially opened the show to-day. -.':.■ .