GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 921, 14 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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CANADIAN LABOUR PARTY. ."-.'l Re'c. September 14, 0.20' a.m.) , London, September 13. A ■ Labour congress to be'-'held at Port I "William, Canada, will discuss the' formation of a Canadian Labour party. 1 TWELVE MEN KILLED. 1 London, September.l 3. Twelve men have been killed, by a' fall of. rock at the; Erie; railway, cutting., in; Jersey City,;New'York,- and ten. others, injured. . ■ '•' .1: ' ; PAUPERS AND PENSIONS. ' London, September -12. . • Aged paupers," in London workhouses are displaying great rfeluetance : to 1 accept;.old-' age on January 1. They prefer the poorhouse. ' • • : EXPLOSION AT A GASWORKS. London, September-12.V ' An explosion ; occurred at tho Huddersfield gasworks..; Seven persons were severely .burnt. r BRUSSELS EXHIBITION ElßE■London, September! 12. ; It is . officially announced that' tho. British Government,;.', from • motives: of friendliness towards, Belgium, .will' "not claim for damage to -British; exhibits at .the recent.'fire'-. at-, the 7 Brussels' Exhibition. ~ ov ; NEW .-FRENCH LTNER. • ' ' New, York, September 12" :: The Transati antique Company (French) is .having, completed/for -the.:-New'"Y"ork . service.. a passenger liner 686 !feet'.' r ra length. She will be; fitted, with;,'turbine's and have a speed of 23J knots. . - .... . . .'^.The'/Compagnie--;®^ tique is: the largest; French '■ steamship company. The' new steamer vwilF,.be one foot longer;;; than . the ' : :KTohpriuzessin' : Cecilie, 'which, is the; largest; Transatlantic; liner apart .froiii- : -tho--^.p';.-l)i|;;C^najWers. ; . SAILORS DOWN WITH MUMPS. . . Sydney, September .13. 'Ihe mumps outbreak.-is; still, the warship . Challenger.Thirty-sevenof the crew ,are;ih quarantine:^;!' OPIUM AS SAUSAGES. ' m * •- Sydney,.-September. 12..-'- - The latest - device..' of .- 6pium:. ; smugglersis to' utilise- sausage . skins.'; "A'i quantityof opium thus' concealed was. a steamer; from China;-" vFOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Meibourne, September 13. The Federal the on< .the \:of, cattle,. sheep,V and;'. /swino';£Wom;.'v,Great 1 . Britain, ■ imposed : vowing'; to outbreaks of" foot and mouth' disease.-. . . THE LAVERTON RAID.' ' „„ , , Perth, September 13. ; • Tho. polico Teport', that five':, aboriginal -women and two: meiv-were killed 'in' the Laverton raid.,VOn : ' the breast v ot' a dead lubra- a. live -. i nfant;was - The police -repo'rtHhiat.- three additional deaths have otturced.. -The "murderers have, dispersed. SMALL-POX. - ■ - Adelaide,. September 13 - . . Another of:;the-crew, of: the' steamer--ICazembe, :which;;on arrival 1 , from"" Singapore, was orde'red''ihtb quarantine owing to a suspected- case of : ; small-pdx aboard has developed what is.-supposed - to bo small-pox. \ • : v STRANGE CATTLE • DISEASE. Hobart, September 13. The Government Veterinary Surgeon reports the outbreak" of a mysterious disease, which -has caused manv deaths of cattle an the-Midlaiid districts.'lt is identical' with the ,sheep diseasovknown as loupihg ill. ' : .. * . EXPENSIVE. TELEPHONES. • Melbourne, September 13. Under' the toll, system, by which 'subscribers are; ..charged a- ground rent for their telephones of M per annum,' and a flialf-penny a cntl in addition,; telephone calls have deereased'bj; '25 per.centum.BUSH EIRE IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane; September 13.. Destructive bush fires have\ : occurred in the Winton district, on the' northern line, 1000 miles north-west; of Brisbane Many sheep have-been burned. ' -. ."' LATE SHIPPING. , Adelajde, September 13. Tho Drammensorcn has sailed for -New Zealand. . ■- . - i