GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 979, 21 November 1910, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Bγ Teteccapti-Press Aesooiatton-l'opjrlßnv ■ EMIGRATION. . ' ' (Rec. November 20, 5.5 p.m.)' ... London, November 19. The Emigration Committeo of the Central Unemployed Body has secured berths in the German steamer Barbarossa atJncreased'rates. English ships were not available. ~..,, ■ : ' ' ■ -THE; PLAGUE. ■■'-. 'st.'' Petersburg,' November 19. ■The whole of Manchuria has been declared plague infected. t A GREAT MODERN LINEE. London,' November 18. Tho 50,000-ton liner, for the construction of which tho Ciinard Steamship Company, Ltd.,' has "called tenders, wil have a length 0f,885ft., a breadth of 95ft.,-'and will cost two million" pounds. She will bo driven by turbines. Her accommodation will include a theatre and a swimming bath. ■ ■

AN APPOINTMENT. Sydney, November 20. Mr. Bell', manager of the North Coast Company, has been appointed managingdirector; . He was formerly connected with the Union Company. CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL. ■ . London, November. 18. • The Royal Society has voted .twenty-five uuineas to the Captain Cook Memorial Fund In a letter sent by tbo society commending the movement, tho society s connection with tho initiation .of Cook s voyages is recalled. . A BODY IN A'TRUNK. . New York, .November 18. A' hermetically-sealed trunk containing a, body was found in the collar of an. apartment ■house in New Itork.-. It had apparently boon hidden there for years.NEW YORK DETECTIVE FORCE. ■ New' York, November 18. The dctecfivo force is being remodelled on tho English pattern..-The force will he placed undor ono . chief, and its sole duties will be to catch ■ criminals. It will bo independent of. tho uniformed police." . ;'' . "■':'Ji'—' A GOOD. ADVERTISEMENT. Melbourne, ' November 19. The State Cabinet has agreed to giro ,ff>so towards a presentation to Irank Beaurepaire, tho swimmer, •on tho ground that ho is a B°°d advertisement for Victoria. |