GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 935, 30 September 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Uopyngti\. AUSTRALIAN BOY SCOUTS. : Melbourne, September 29. The Boy Scouts in the Commonwealth number over- 15,000. ■■:■■■■- - THE WHITEHAVEN DISASTER./ « London,' September 28.-- ■ - A party entered the 'Wellington mine at Whitehaven (closed down after the explosion on May 12 last) vwhich' resulted in 186 men being entombed. They discovered some of the bodies, but an obstruction impeded further exploration, v THE ALLEGED GERMAN SPY. London, September 28.' V; Lieutenant "Helm,' the German- officer recently ■ arrested at Portsmouth ~on charges of espionage, has been committed, for ■ trial. Bail was allowed in the sum. of JE2QOO. ... ■■:' DUMPED IN -BRITAIN. ■■■;■■■ London, September 28. Mr. Robert:. Wallace, K.C., chairman of the County oof' London Sessions,'-ex-pressed surprise when it was stated that one of the prisoners brought before him had* been deported front-South Africa to the Motherland. He .remarkod that , the Dominions would not receive British undesirables. STOLEN JEWELLERY. ■ London, ■ September 23. A man and woman accused of thefts of jewellery ■' from , hotels, -chiefly in France, have arrived at Milan. The amount of- jewellery stolen- is -valued at -v-i ; :-v-i''-i':-;. " Vancouver,. September 28. The .Counters of Antrim's jewels, which wore lost while her ladyship was travelling on the Canadian-Pacifio railway, have bean recovered. There aro no details available. - •- CANADIAN LANGUAGE PROBLEM; ... Ottawa,. September 28. The Rev. Dr. Bryce, one of the founders of the University of . Manitoba, and a well-known writer, addressing ; the Royal Society,. Baid diversity of languages was no drawback : : to Canada. '.(The great 'national unifier' was the nublio . school. Americans ■ entering V.Canada .were easily assimilated. WHITE GIRL TO MARRY JAPANESE. Vancouver, September- 29. Kunio Toda, son of a wealthy Japanese, is to wed Rayda Reed,- a white girl, of Tacoma. The Seattle . authorities have refused to issue a license. v

GOLD FIND IN ALASKA. Vancouver, September 28. Another find of: placer gold has been made in Alaska, this.time in the Kenai River.; INDIANS IN THE TRANSVAAL. . Pretoria, September 28. ' Two Indians arrested at Volksrust were found to have in their possession false permits. . Each was lined J375, the alternative being nine months' imprisonment. THE LAUDERDALE WRECK. , Melbourne, September 29. An action: is ■ pending in ' which the Pearsons Proprietary claim ,£4OOO ' and interest from the Queensland Insurance Company for insurance on tho timber cirgo steamer Lauderdale, wrcckod at Greymouth in Juno last. COMPLETION OF A CATHEDRAL. Sydney, Soptomber. 29. The Catholics hero have initiated a movement to complete St. Mary's Cathedral at a cost of .£120,000. Already there is JCiS.OOO in hand.