GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 962, 1 November 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Br Teleeraph—Press Association—Oopynchv .. -—ft- — L — SLUMS Tb BE DEMOLISHED. (Rcc. October 31, 10.5 p.m.) London, October 31. The Housing Committee of the London County Council proposes to spend .£589,675 in demolishing 13J nores: of slums at Southwark, where • the death rate averages 39.per 1000 per annum. BRITISH LABOUR EXCHANGES.. London, October 30. The Government intends establishing: 150 new labour exchanges during the coming • months. . ■. CANADIAN CANAL SCHEME. Ottawa, October 30. Government surveyors report that there would be no insuperable obstacles to the construction of a projected canal from Lake Winnipeg to the Rocky Mountains,. via the Saskatchewan Eiver. SUFFOLK PLAGUE SCARE. London, October 30. As a result of the plague scare, .twenty thousand rats were destroyed within an area of forty acres at Ipswich docks. Many cats and rabbits were also killad. VALUABLE BOOKS LOST. Paris, October 30. A fire occurred at tho medical ■ section of the Toulouse University. Eighty thousand books, were destroyed. The damage i 3 estimated at ... ANOTHER BRUSSELS EXHIBITION FIRE. Brussels, October 30. The Cafe Kosmos, at tho Brussels Exhibition, was burnt down. The English firemen worked energetically, and isolated the cafe. The 'Avenue das Nations escaped unharmed. ACCIDENT AT A PRIZE-FIGHT. ' New York, October 30. A large section of the temporary seats at the old City Hall, Pittsburg! collapsed during a prize-fight. Many persons were injured. SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. Sydney, October 31. City shopkeepers are almost unanimous in the belief that the compulsory Saturday half-holiday had no damaging effect on business. BROKEN HILL PROFITS. ■' ■ _ Sydney, October 31. According to the Mining Warden, tho Broken Hill mines have paid thirteen and a half million pounds in dividends. The present weekly output is valued at £100,000. PICNICKERS INJURED. Sydney, October 31. I A dreg heavily laden with picnickers collided with a tram at Newtown. Twelve persons were injured. Six were' admitted to the hospital suffering from rather serious injuries. THE ARRESTED RIFLEMAN. Sydney, October 3L W. J. Piggott, the rifleman who has been arrested on a charge of false pretences in connection with his alleged top score in the King's Match at the recent rifle meeting, denies having admitted that his score at the 1000 yards range was a bogus one.