GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 982, 24 November 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press AsGociation—CopjTJgtlv i ■ q' iill'll ■ ivli. SEVERE FROSTS IN BRITAIN; (Rec. November 24, 1.0 a.m.) : London, November 23. Seventeen degrees of frost have beefi recorded in Glasgow, and eight degrees' in Kent. fc .VICTORIAN LAND TAX. _. ~ '• . Melbourne, November 23. In the Legislative Assembly the Treas« urer, in moving the second reading of tho JKCMOO?* estimated its yield at ; GRAVING DOCK:AT MELBOURNE. Melbourne, November 23. ~ The State Estimates provide for q second graving dock at 'Williamstown, at a cost of £385,000. It will, bo one of ..Mi® finest m the world. ■: PRAISE FOR TRUMPER. London, .November 22. Referring to the recent cricket match! between South Africa arid New 1 South Males, the "Pall Mall Gazette" saya there was never a greater exponent of batting than Irumper. ■ . A BULLFINCH COMPANY. London, 1 November 22.' : The Bull Ant ■ Proprietary is being . u r !?l d , ac< l uu ' e 2i acres adjoining the. Bullfinch mine. Messrs. Robinson, Clarke, and Company have guaranteed the whole capital issue (£200,000), and are charging a commission of sixpence per share. KAISER ON TEMPERANCE. 7 _ .. Berlin, November 22. J-ho Kaiser, addressing cadets, urge# them to become abstainers Victory in the next war would, be said, rest with tho nation m which there was tho least consumption of alcohol. FRENCH FINANCE. Paris, November 22. A record Budget has been brought provides for a sum exceeding 1(2 million pounds sterling; in addition to an increase' of ten millions oliriuff the next three years. ■ RUSSIAN ARMY SCANDALS. St. Petersburg, November 22, Twenty-eight officers have been accused of commissariat scandals at Kieff, including twenty-threo generals. The ao. , cused will be tried in groups beforn a military tribunal in January next. INDIAN PROSECUTION WITH- . DRAWN. Calcutta, November 22. The Indian Government has withdrawn the prosecution of Arabindo Ghose, tho well-known Nationalist leader, who ii now residing in l'ondieherry, French India, STATE COAL MINE. Melbourne, November 23. Tho output of the' State coal mine fo# the year has beon 162,210 tons. By next month the output will be 2000 tons daily, and will thus be able to supply all tho requirements of tho public.