GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 947, 14 October 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Br Telegraph--Press Association—OopyTlsto. ■ ' — -6-T ~' A BRITISH BY-ELECTION. (Rec. October 14, 0.30 a.m.) V London, October 13. . Mr. Russel Rea. will.'be the liberal candidate for the South Shields seat, rendered vacant by the appointment ot' Sir W. Robson to ' the Bench. . ..Mr, Vaughan, Williams will stand, in, .the Unionist., interest,- Mr. Will Crooks ' has* been provisionally adopted as the Labour candidate, .Mr. Havelock Wilson, secre-. .tary of the Seamens' Union, threatens, to stand as an Independent. ;..-ji PERNICIOUS MO7ING PICTURES. New York, October. 13. ; The -International /Humane . Conference, which is' sitting _ at Washington,' urges that an international effort should be made -to suppress pernicious, moving pictures., ' : •• ! ",, ; ; ' A KETCH WRECKED. ./■ ~, , Sydney, October 13. • The steamer Moresby, from .'the Solo-: mon Islands;'brings news of, the wreck of the - ketch Jlinota, off the .coast: of Malaita. • . ' AMERICAN RELIGIOUS TOLERA- ; TION. Now York, October'l3. Mr. Roosovelt, speaking at Peoria, Illinois, praised the women'of the Roman Catholic missions,, and' declared that the religious toleration.' of the Americans was unsurpassed. ! ' •'. l . 1 ..: ■'. , A GREAT LEADER. WANTED. : . . New York, October 13. -. Judge Grosicup, of the United States Circuit. Court; declared'at a.'banquet at Chicago that, the evils'of .national life could be cured only ,by an enlarged' democracy, under a great - leader.• AMERICAN RECIPROCITY.. Vancouver, October 13. • The Canadian-United States reciprocity negotiations will probably begin, in November. i.. . . . THE MINNESOTA. FIRES. Vancouver, October 13. Canada is sending subscriptions for tho relief of the sufferers in the forest sfiroß in Minnesota. ■-r' A MILLIONAIRE ARRESTED. Vancouver, October 13. Mr. Hillman, a\ : real estate millionaire at, Seattle, , has been arrested on a charge of using the mails to defraud. . . : "FAST PLYING, '^V . New York, October 13. M. Leblanc, the aviator, at St. Louis flew thirteen- miles in ten minutes. .. .. THE WHITEHAVEN DISASTER. ■ London, October 12. Further exploration made in the Whitehaven mine shows that there had been a pecond fire of ; great intensity, and that the miners- escaping the first explosion must have been quickly overwhelmed. ; THE BOILER-MAKERS' -DISPUTE,; . London, October 12. . It is understood- that the settlement of the boiler-makers' disputo is on the basis of tho men's society imposing fines ranging from fivo to thirty shillings. ' .--■ JAPANESE SEALERS ARRESTED. Vancouver. October 12. . : Thirty-seven Japanese, nave : been arrested on a! charge of illegal sealing, and imprisoned on the- island of Vaides, British Columbia,: on. the-authority of 'the United States Commissioner. : ' SHIPS' FOR ARGENTINA. Buenos Ayros, October 12. §enor -Mishanovitch, an Argentine shipowner,. lias' ordered in Scotland new ton-'i nage to cost a quarter of; a million ster-,j ling- " ' ; . FROSTS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. . Sydney, October IS. ;' Heavy frosts during the past, few days have caused great ;damagO:; in various parts of the country. . The: fruit and vegetable crops; in "many places are almost ruined. . , MR. JACK LONDON'S KETCH. Sydney, October 13. i . Tho ketch' Snark, belonging to Mr. Jack London, the popular novelist, has been sold to a Sydney - firm, and will bo converted for use in the island trade; Melbourne, October 13: ' The syndicate .which' bought .tho. steamer Papaiiui, formerly belonging, to the New Zealand Shipping Company, but damaged on the .Tasmanian coast, lias resold thp vessel to Mr. Jqmes Paterson for .£1125. fldolaide, October-13. The Eight. Hour . Demonstration >was hold in fine weather, and was very successful. unions tpoji part in the proceedings. •. - London. October 12. . English and Scotch steel-makers have advanced prices by ,ss. a ton-.

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