GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 963, 2 November 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TeleffrapH—Frosa Association—UodjtieM. a . AMERICAN POSTAL RATES. (Rec. November 1, 11.25 p.m.) New York, November 1. Mr. Taft hopes in 1911 .to recommend a cent _ (halfpenny) _ rate for letters in the United States in place of the present two-cent rate. A SCHOONER REFLOATED. Sydney, November 1! Tho schooner Australia, which ran ashore in the Nambucca River last week has been refloated, and towed back to Sydney. : -

FIRE AT ADELAIDE. Adelaide, November 1. Bagsliaw's engineering factory has been destroyed by fire. The damage is very heavy. The insurances amount to £20,000.

VANCOUVER APPLE SHOW. .Vancouver, November 1. Tho "world's greatest apple show" has been opened at Vancouver. The Australian aud.Tasmanian exhibits have been specially referred to for their excellence. In 1902 the fruit values in British Columbia totalled £80,000', whereas today they amount to half a million." CANADIAN PRAIRIE FIRES. Vancouver, November 1. Prairie fires at Yorkton, Quapelle, and Indian Head, in Assiniboia, have done enormous damage to grain and live stock. NEW LUND LINER. , London, October 31. A new Blue Funnel liner, the Arcanius, has been launched at Belfast. PRINCE FRANCIS OF TECK. London, October 3L Prince Alexander of Teck has been chosen the now chairman of the-Middle-sex Hospital, which has inaugurated a fund to commomorate the memory of Prince Francis of Teck. ■ King George and Queen Mary have subscribed one hundred pounds each. MISS NIGHTINGALE'S ESTATE. ' London, October 31. The lite Miss Florence Nightingale's estate is valued at £35,649. She left legacies to several nursing homes, and bequeathed her jewels, rnodals, and orders received from Queen Victoria and the Sultan of Turkey to the soldiers' homes at Netley and Aldershot. THE PANAMA CANAL. New York, October 31. Ninety-two lock gates, which will be required for the Panama Canal, will weigh sixty thousand tons, and cost over a million pounds.

TRANSCONTINENTAL CYCLIST. New York, October 31. Volney Davis, a motor cyclist, has reachcd San Francisco, having travelled ten thousand miles to the Atlantic seaboard and then returned. MOTOR RACES. New York, October 31. Many noted automobilo racers are reaching Atlanta to race for live thousand pounds in prizes. THE ULIMAROA. Sydney, November 1. The Huddart-Parkcr Company, has received a wireless message from the steamer Ulimaroa, 200 miles distant. The vessel, which left Wellington' at 7.10 p.m. on Friday, should arrive this afternoon. EARTHQUAKE AT GOTJLBTJRN. Sydney, November 1. A shock of earthquake, accompanied by a pronounced rumbling, was felt at Goulburn on Saturday last.