GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Br Telegraph—l*rei« Apocl«.tibn--OoßyTißliV .;:, ;;"-'"' \'—-i'.'"":.. :'■!:■■ V,;;; ; v CANADIAN PROSPERITY; V }.}'; i; September 10./; •;. The Canadian* fiscal revenue}for;the five, months ended' August/ showed ' an 1 - increase ,of 7,000,000 dollars over' that for:; the . corresponding period of last year.';..' . '■:;',;' :" . EARL :i (^Y.\ : , : ; ;; : \:;: ; /; : " : '- ''; ;" London/September<io/.; Lord •■ Grey, } Governor-General of Can-. Ada, will make a tour / 'of the 7 West' Indies in-January next." ;.:;.'.}}'/}; . ■'} V FLOODS ; VICTORIA. : -' ; Melbourne, 10.7 Thereare heavy -floods ,in. the .Nathalia; district. .; Many, farms' on- .which' crops were. destroyed - last ;'.' year ./rare 'again' submerged. ■v - / ''■■'';■ ■-"'. ]:Xr'XTHE LATE MR; HOLMAN HUNT/^ .London, September 9. ; '; '.: Mr. Holman Hunt's remains _,will, be interred: in St. Paul's on' Monday next." The body'is to, be cremated to-day. . '. /:'• ARMY-MANOEUVRES. •: '£':. //' ■..'., London, September 9J' : The. army manoeuvres', have begun.' There are';; 70,000:, troops': taking part.' They are ■ spread, over ah. area of a hundred ' miles in the. south-west:, of England.: .Aeroplanes; 'and.'.wireless telegraphy are being'utilised.;; I }}-;/. TOBACCO. AND SPOTTED FEVER; ;.., .London, September 9.-' 'Apropos pf;several cases '.-of.',spotted fever..; (cerebro-spinal;. /meningitis), in London, the' "British. Medical Journal" has mentioned .that tqbacco^smpking.is a preventive; and that it'proved' ah efficient. antidote .in ] similar cases';.. in < France. •.'.'. . '''-X' ! "X~X ':}■-.-}}': . : -'.V'':'/lif^-saving\wprk:^'';.;'; : ''.':^;:' ■.:- London,'.'Septemb.er 9. ■'.-' . Mr. Henry, of the/ Life-saving : }So? ciety, .who is. to establish branches T of the society iii Australia,/has sailed: by. ,the steamer. Macedonia. •■ :\'-'}; ' v AN OFFICER COmT-MARTIALLED; London; September '9;:'■ Lieutenant Allan.Sutor,-of.the Royal Artillery, is • being court-martialled at Tynerhouth for publishing-.. in : August last a pamphlet . criticising alleged army irregularities..-' . AEROPLANES IN COLLISION;'■'.' ";' London, September 9. :' At Neustadt,-Bohemia, the .Archduke, Leopold Salvator's' aeroplane.:: collided' with: that of KarlWarchalowski. ..-The latter fell, and sustained a fracture of the thigh; : ; ,' : .. f -.;:',■ /;../'}:; :'.-.■ CHOLERA.IN '.PRUSSIA; .'-" . London, September 9. ; .There is a'cholera case at Freiburg, oh the left .bank. r of 'the River; Elbe, Prussia.' The sufferer- is a bargeman from Hamburg. ; : '\ v'.'".'.' NEW COTTON SUPPLIES;'• ' __~ London, September' 9:. The British Cotton-growing Association is developing: the cotton-growing industry _in ■■ Rhodesia;} ■;■'.■' It "is - acting•} in conjunction; .with: the Chartered. Company. , An' expert. advises'} the farmers.' ... -'-—',-; ;""'.,; .■.'■":.- :. AN EARTHQUAKE RECORDED., , . /./Sydney, September 10; An earthquake of unusual 'severity was recorded at. the River View College Observatory ,at : midday- yesterday. NEW SOUTH WALES COERCION . Sydney, September 10. The leader of ; She- Labour',- Party, Mr; M'Goweu; declares that if returned to power the Labour Party will repeal the Coercion Act. The Act was passed in December last, and rendered workers or employers aiding or instigating' a strike or lock-out liable to imprisonment. BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. • Adelaide, September io. The Anglican Synod ,: is, starting a strenuous campaign in favour of Biblereading in the State schools.,NEW ASTRONOMER-ROYAL. / London, September 9. Mr. Frank Dyson, AstronomerRoyal for Scotland, has been appointed Astronomer-Royal, in succession:to Sir William Christie, who has retired.... BOY POISONS HIMSELF. .'.': Brisbane, September 10. A thirteen-year-old boy committed suicide by taking poison.