GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 991, 5 December 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

■ .;■/-• 3r Telecast—Press Association—(.iopyttfflrt. i!;' ./ SUGAR PLANTING RESTRICTED. 1 ?■■■....■■ Rec. December 5, 1 a.m.) ' c ■ ... . Sydney, December 4.' .Scarcity of farm lnbourers is causing ?.' ~ cans farmers to restrict the ' areas s , ' being planted.. ■ ■ t. ■::.. BILLIARDS. ..'.-. i- (Rec. December 5, 1 a.m.) ! : .'.'■_ London, December 4. ■• In tho billiard match, • Gray, beat '■j . Ndson by 3741. Ho made a break-of , RELIEF CREWS. - V '- ' (Rec. December 5, 1.a.m.) mi. • 'Sydney, December 4. . • The. cruiser Gibraltar : arrived to-day • with relief crews for. tho Australian ptation. . •• - i. FIRE IN AMERICA. ! '■■ r- '■—'■- New York, December 3. > , The town of Copperkill, in Tennesse, is burning. . Ono street has already .;■ .been destroyed. The loss, to midnight amounted to £20,000. No,lives have : . fceen lost. ■ ——-; \ ■\ A BALLOONIST DIES. ; : ■■~-, Ottawa, December 3? ■ ■•" t. . J" 0 ? 1163 Faure, a nephew of ex- . President Faure, of France, has died at • Quebec, of typhoid. Ho suffered hardships in tho recent St. Louis balloon race,-landing in Wisconsin. INCREASED LICENSE DUTIES." _■ London, December-2. _ The Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society estimate that the license duties »1; ti"> end of October amounted to £I,o6l,76B—fourfold the amount raised -on the old basis.HfflROD FOR SALE. _, London, December % .The exploring ship Nimrod, in which Bit .Ernest Shackleton made his Antarctic voyage, was offered for sale by .tetion, and withdrawn-at £2975. ■ v >-- SIADAME CURIE.. :. .'!"• London, December &. ' «'.: . . Ihe Royal Society has awarded a i; ! . !medal to ~Madame Curie, the distin- , ■■• guished- French scientist, and joint disißoverer with her husband of radium. OIL EXPERT ON TOUR. London, December 2. Sir. J. Henry, the oil expert, is a flassenger by the P. and O. steamer Mantua. Ho will visit New Zealand, l- . the United States, and tho Far East in \ : the-interests of the Colonial Oil Com- •: j>any. \- , . AUSTRALIAN LAW CASES. >/. ' London/ December 2. fhe appeal case Spencer v. the Regis- ,\ . ,irar_of Titles of West Australia was ,\ dismissed. ■ I In the case Smith and others v. Cock, judgment was reserved. ■;.'■! SIR H. TICHBORNE'S ESTATE. London, December 2. : The estate of tho late Sir Henry Tichi'orne is valued at £144,631. ].-. THE BORKUM PRISONERS. i: : T . , Leipzig, December 2. 3. . ' .Lieutenant Brandon and" Captain i_ : :' Trench, tho two officers under ~ '. arrest on a charge of espionage at Bor- ;.-,, turn, will be tried in tho Imperial v' Court on December 16. ... ; -. 'A DISTINGUISHED JOURNALIST. New York, December 2. >; .'■ Mr. Emil Dumais, who acted as war correspondent for the London "Times" /; m India and South Africa, has died in ;.■■■■■■ Washington. Ho was found'overcome ■: -in the city streets in October, when ho ' refused to reveal his identity. Deceased founded the Manitoba Agricultural College. ' ' AUSTRALIAN RACING. ■ ' ' (Rec. December 5, 1 a.m.) - ,'•-•.... ■~'_. Sydney, December 4. At the Warwick Farm races, in tho r. •■■;•■ face Welter, Golden Slipper ran third. i / -AUSTRALIA'S BIG FARMS. v . Melbsurno, December 3. /' The Scottish Commissioners now on ri ■'>■.' Jour were astonished at tho largo area ;-: •' it the farms in Australia. ' - I;, . ''. -VALUABLE NUGGETS. . !: Melbourna, December 3. •(■■■:■■.■ Nuggets weighing 90oz. and lOOoz. ?;';■. iave been found in the . North Woah |v' flawp mino.I. . AUSTRALIAN TELEPHONES. f Melbourne, December 3. £.:■;' .The departmental engineer has as- ; f .-. , sured tho Commonwealth Postraastor- |-;:. General tliat if tho telephonic flat rate |. '• had been continued till the present S. '..•■■ time tho -service, would havo broken '•.; ■'.-: down. The toll system had proved a :K. .peat relief. ■ i. SYDNEY SLANDER ACTION. / .- ■ ' Sydney, December 2. I';. . In the slander 1 action brought by 'jf . Captain Strahan against Dr. Irmer, tho t, '■ German Consul-General, tho jury returned a verdict for tho plaintiff, with :';■ damages one farthing. v [In a previous action against tho /.' "Sydney Morning Herald," . Captain '-. Strahan was awarded £1000' damages. i. Dr. Irmer had charged him with im- / , properly treating nativo labour. recruits •V . HL. tlle Pacific Islands, etc., and the |- ''Herald" published tho charges.] | A VETERAN SPEAKER. !"■'■' ',': fldolaido, December 3. | • ".' Sir Jenkin Coles has completed tweniv ty-orio years' service as Speaker of the A. , South Australian Assembly. Ho has •.;, r Sot missed a singlo sitting.