GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 929, 23 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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TRADE IN NARCOTICS. „ [[ (Eec. September 22, 9.50 p.m.) {■ London, September 23. Great Britain, has accepted tho invit tatioh of' America for .a conference at Tho Hague in 1911 to discuss' the question of the regulation of the, trade in. opium,. cocaine, and morphine. ' j ' i' THE MISSING BOAT. ' , : Sydney, September 22. I Though vessels aTc keeping a sham lookout, no trace of the Carnarvon Bay%« boat has been discovered. , v THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. Melbourne, September 22. The House of Representatives is discussing tie Land Tas Bill, and the Seaate the Northern Territory Bill. CHINAMAN COMMITS HARIEARI. Sydney, September 22. A Chinaman committed suicide by * harikari, inflicting terrible wounds „ on himself. ACQUITTED. ' , - Melbourne, September 22. ' Ernest Peeck, charged \uth tho murder of his wife at East Bairnsdalo on Juno 22, was acquitted, on the ground of insanity. STATUE, OF THE OISEE. ' Berlin, September 21. Tho first statue of tho i Kaibcr erected in Cologne was unveiled t'o-day. It stands on the new Hohenzollcrn bridge, and weighs four and a half tons. THIRD AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER. ■ London, September 21. The final pqrtion of the third Anstrahan destrojer Warrego was shipped by tho Cyclops to-day. Tho Warrego is to be put together in Australia. HISTORICAL FRESCOES. London, September 21. Earl Beauchamp and five other peers have presented six new valuable historical frescoes for the corridor of the House 6i Commons. The frescoes are by modern artists. CHARGE AGAINST A GERMAN ' OFFICER. London, September 2V, Tho German lieutenant, Helm, arrested at Portsmouth on a' charge- of .espionage,' appeared before tho magistrate at Faroham. The Court decided that Helm had not been guilty of a felony. A charro of misdemeanour remains to be dealt with. Bail was not allowed. - OBITUARY. Sydney, September 22. Mr. J. A. Gunn, a member of tho Legislative Council, is dead.