GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 915, 7 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

CHILD MTJEDER . CASE. ", ; : ;: " . (Hec. September 6, 8.45 p.m.)?; '';...- Sydney, September 1 6.!', .The girl Hardy has been acquitted on, the ground' of 'insanity on.,the charge of (having murdered; her infant child at Capertree on.June 15., , ?A' DEFENCE ADVISEE;'?;. ;V: Frehiantle, September G. '. Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, who :is visiting Australia,. at : the Commonwealth's request, to report on the selection of naval base's,: etc., was a passenger by the Orient liner Osterley, which arrived to-day from London..? . ???.??' "'-.'■. THE'UNDEEI'AID PAESON; "';.'■;; :•■'■•'.'?■•.' -Sydney, September 6. 'Archbishop Wright,, in addressing the Anglican: Synod, says he is dismayed to finu?the;stipends, of. the clergy in many cases 'quite inadequate. The cost : of living has risen .15 per. centum-, fn .recent years,: yet the stipends • have.', remained "... . .;,-' ,■' ??'?". , NEW SOUTH WALES ; WHEAT; v ;< Sydney,; September; ;6.?., ' The State Government .Statistician es? timates the total'"areS"under "wheat hi L ;New South Wales-'at ,2,520,690 acres, -an increase of. 114,000/ acres/over last year." THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION/ "■ ••;'■-.-•.■'.-: , ■ Sydney, September 6. .. The/ steamer Prinz Waldemar, which is to 'arrive.on Friday, .brings.the Si-! berian. dogs i and ponies for Captain, Scott's Antarctic cxpeditior?.. y They will be transhipped; to the .Ifoana' for.' New ■ Zealand.; ~-; ,■'■'.-,'• '•.;'!..?■'. ■:■•'■■'/3ppEBAL' ,; P^IiLyiENTh.\- i ';' : ;-'-'.' ■.'•'•..'■ Melbourne, September 6. .The House of Eepresentatives .has resumed the debate;.on the Land T ax Bill.: '•'"■'" RONALD-HARPER CASE:,.■:; Melbourne, ■; September: 6.? The High Court has .refused .the, Eev. J. B.' Eonald's. application, for : a new trial '-,pf-- the- Ronald-Harper, political slander case.- :.. .?. .•-'■'. ;? ■ ?'•'.-

ATJSTRALU'S GOTERNOR-GENERAIi.' Melbourne, September' 6.;,' : :The Prime Minister, -Mr. "Fisher,?de-, nies any knowledge-of the rumoured friction between.-the Governor-General, -Lord Dudley,, and the Federal Government:? ; '' MOTOEING/EECOED:' ,?; , ;! '."'■:..'.■ New' York, September 6. .. B,.oldneld, on a 200 horse-power, Beanz automobile, smashed Ihe,. world's' mile record/in 49 4-ssec.?:?,-.' A mistako appears; to have been mado in either the time or distance an - the above."-Mr.' Oldtield,'on March .17, covered a mile in' 27. l-33sec. at -Florida Beach. •' The two-mile'record is 58j 4-ssec. ;;.'.';■ a millionaiee's babt.^-. a. ■'?■'• '•"'••■ London, September 5/ ; The eight-months-'old'baby^of,,Mr." Edward -M'Lean,, an? American multi-mil-lionaire, to prevent the, kidnapping of which;'great precautions are taken, has arrived at Plymouth, whence -.it; was brought to London by* train. ?A', largo bodyguard of nurses accompanied it. '■';.? .RAILWAX DIVIDENDS.' :?? London, September 5. . The ordinary dividends paid ■'. by British; railways this year averaged 3.15 per •cent,'compared with. 2.99 last year.BRITISH ?, ? ." : , London,. September "5.. Wiltshire farmers' owniug 90UO .cows have formed a co-operative, milk factory.. ;-' EXHIBITION 'PF ' STAMPS. ?; '] ' Geneva,.September 5.? Tho fifth Philatelic Exhibition, 'the stamps ,belng ■ valued, at' two' hundred thousand' pounds sterling, has opened at Berne, Switzerland: King .George.- of England has - sent collections.-

; ROYAL CLM3NCY. ~ \\.-- -Cctinje t September 5.', 'In his jubilcovane* thu raisin;; of Montenegro* to" tbio status of a kingdom, King Nicholas . has amnestied 52 persons,''includiiiß'.seTerul'.;CX>' Ministers and';'others." sentenced '■'. some time ago for-...pariicipatum-'■ J« .it: Oonib. conspiracy. .-—--; :.' ~ - ■ BOUNTIES, : Melbourne, September, 6. Of the Commonwealth bounties available for payment in various industries during' the past' three years, less than five' per centum' was claimed. ~;-.. ~ COMMONWEALTH DESTROYERS. ■Melbourne, September 6. : , , The two Australian destroyers aro to sail from England on September 15. They will fly the British ;blue .'ensign. •',. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN; FLOODS. -v :o«^A'doldiafei~SSptferiir#.-'tt. r " A second fatality;'through itftio.'"floods has been reported. A man named Tom 'Murray was fording-..the River Light on .horseback, When ho was washed awaj. ■. AN EARTHQUAKE. '' vAdelaide, September G. s ' ■-. A distinct ; earthquake shock ; was experienced at liqrn'sdale. „ Musbnry, structures'.oscillated." !"'<;'■ ■"." "V- .-....•. AN OVER-iiATED^piSCOVERY.;'; - j...Brisbane, September G. - jThe Queensland; Mines Department has leccived a roport to. the: effect that tho find of wolfram. ,in v ,tii? .Dingo .Mountain, at first reported; toi ;be. very rich, has boon over-rated. . ~.' .".;":,