GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tciosraph—Preta AiaoclatioH—Copyright, . -''•———-*-—— J'"■'■':-;:•■'■' ''.•'COMPANY/AMALGAMATION./ ■ V .: (Rec. September 2? 10;40 ; p.hi;)':: ■'•■ •■'' .'•"/•■,:.-' .London.. September 2.'-.<, Negotiations arc .progressing' for :the amalgamation of the, Birmingham Small Arms and the' Daimler? Motor. ; -Com-' panics.'. The shares; of ;both companies fell upon, the rumour'of the:'amalgama-. tion. gaining'' currency )" a \ ; ':"' / .' : '-""' : . ■:■' KING EDWARD MEMORIALS? > : : Gape Townj September 2..< ;■•;' Among the most widely approved suggestions for the proposed memorial to King Edward' in. '"are \a training ship to bo 'named-."The Peace--maker," and a tuberculosis sanatorium.] '.VIOLMtVeARTHQ'UAKEsVkE-v. ■'-. London, September? 2. . Violent earthquake shocks, extending in duration over an hbuiyhavebeen. recorded by - the">British.".seismographs.3*he seat of" the/disturbance is'estimate ed.to be 5800' miles distant. .■'. •; :"■-■?'.? "OPENING UP THE WEST.;- ; ; . ■:''. '?: New?York,.September- 2..." On© million seven .hundred acres of land will be opened for'■; settlement '< in and Nevada'in November. -. . / ;-FLIGHT.-;ON LAKE; ERIE.'-;? :;.;, New York, September 3. : Mr. -Glen H. Curtiss, Vthe American aviator,? made a; lodg flight 'over Lake Erie in'a biplane. Ho'covered sixty-. four ,-miles: in •102. minutes;'•; It .is ; estimated that' .100,000''-'persons'-:- wit-" 'nessed the flight; "?;;■?'.■.'<_:■:? \. i MACHINERY EXHIBITION. ;'?

■ /.. .:'■'■ ■ .• London,; September 2. >■ ■ A naval and-mercantiler marine- and ■general machinery exhibition has been opened; at the Olympia. ...., ~ . ■.' •■• MR; ROOSEVELT AND THE: \ ~;:" v.' : MARKET,-;■.■-: -■'■■ :-^ ...■'■•, : New York, September, 2< '.Mr.': Roosevelt's :■ Kansas .speech. . against, the Trusts has depressed stocks on the New' York Exchange; ;..':.. /,-;.: KING'S'GUEST:SHOT.:'::\V'' ; : :- .. - London, September I.;. While the' King was shooting :at Deeside one of the'party accidentally wounded Lord Kilinarno'ck in the. ear, nose, and arm; : The injuries are slight. MANCHESTER CIVIC SCHEMES.' : ' .:: London, September I. The Manchester civic authorities have acquired for £300,000 the site of the infirmary. It is .proposed to erect •on the land an • art gallery and libraryj at a cost of a further £250,000'.' ■■ .■..■; DRO\VNED AT : A' FUNERAL., ■"■'.*■ .■'..■'■'. London, September 1. . Through a horse shying, a carriage attending a funeral overturned and fell into the river Don, in Yorkshire. Four of the occupants were drowned. ,;: :AN ANARCHIST EXPELLED. : - Berne, September 1. - The Swiss'. Government;. will expel a French anarchist named Casten, for publishing a violent article in the newspaper '' yoix du Peuple," published in Geneva, against M. Fallieres, President of Franco;:. ■" ." ' . ■.. '/"■'•.■...'-. ' FATAL. BLASTING , ' ACCIDENT. • .. Melbourne, Sopteinber 2. \ ;■ As the result of a blasting charge hanging fire at the ■ Footscray Quarry, a inan named Niehblls.was killed and two- others' -.seriously injured. ' '-. , v ASIATICS ; IN AMERICA.v i ■ New York, September- 1 .-'■■' The education authorities in Chicago have decided :t]iat_ Japanese and Chinese children are' eligible, \'to. vattend -the white schools. .; ';;. i, , '.y.;< UNITED STATES LABOUR LAWS. . ■■■.-'.'■ r New, York, Septomberl;: • Tho. United .States .Government has decided that the eight hours lair does hot .apply to persons engaged in the construction:of submarines and torpedoes authorised last session. ■ .