GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telesraph—Frees AaßOoiation-UotyriEhl. POPULATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES. '.. "■'. Sydney, November 27. The population of New South Wales at the end of September was 1,678,208, an increase of 13,504. over last year's , figures. AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY. Melbourne, November 27.

Tho Federal Executive, has approved tho formation of two permanent units of field artillery, one in New South Wales and one in Victoria.-, ..'.- ;j:-;v,

. LADY DUDLEY.' Melbourne, November. 26. Lady Dudley, wife of the GovernorGeneral of Australia, who .recently underwent an operation, is making steady progress towards recovery. OBITUARY. London, November 25. Tho death. is announced of the Very Rev. Dr. Macgregor, of. St. Cuthbert's Ohurch, Edinburgh, Chaplain in Ordinary to tho King in Scotland, aged 78. [Dr. Macgregor was Moderator of the General Assembly of tho Church of Scotland in. 1891. Hβ visited Australia and New Zealand in 1889.] BANK SUSPENDS PAYMENT. London, November 26. The London .Trading. Bank, Ltd.,. ..has suspended payment. :WHITE CROSS LEAGUE. London, November 25. The TVliite Cross League, in a letter to London editors, suggests combined action to minimise or suppress the details, of divorces and criminal trials. BRITISH UNIVERSITY dRANT. . London, November 25. The .Treasury is increasing tho grant to, university colleges by £50,000. LATE BISHOP GOE. London, November 25. The estate of the late Dr. Goe, one time Bishop of Melbourne, is valued at £10,117. Ho bequeathed £100 to the Bishop of Melbourne's fund. WAR ON HATPINS. Berlin, November 25. The Chief of Police has issued an edict stating that unless hatpins arc abolished or sheaths attached to them lie will take action.

STRIKE BIOT IN CHICAGO. Vancouver, November 25. Three persons were shot, one being wounded seriously, at Chicago during a riot bctrroon garment workers en strike and non-unionists. . TROUBLE IN ABYSSINIA. Adis Abeba, November 25. Natives attacked Captain the Hon. W. Thesigor, the British Minister hero, but did not- injure him. Reparation followed, the guilty parties being publicly flogged. N.S.TV. PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS. Sydney,-"November 26. After tlie censure debat* iso Legislative Assembly adjourned till Tuesday next. London, November 25. The salary of Mr. D. J. Shackloton, Labour M.P. for Clitheroe, who has been appointed Senior Labour Advisor to the Home Office, has been fixed at £500, and will vise to £700. Adelaide, November 26. Mr. Douglas Mawson reports the discovery of an extensive radium-bearing lode at Gudnamutann. He considers tho prospects of the discovery very great.