GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 994, 8 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

IJr Tolecrapli-Pross Association-UopyrlEnV '•'■■■.'.. "' -■'• *"~ — " : . • ■ : ■'■ '.;■': WHAT' COSTS. ;,-■ (Bee.. December 7, 10.50 ,p.m.) '; Vienna, December 7. • ■ Sir Ernest Cassel, :' the financier, lias fcoiigbt from the Minister or Works for .£15,000 a gramme'of radium, which he is (presenting to tlio English Badiuni Institute for cancer reEenrc,li work.. ' ' CANADA'S NAVY. .. ■I '■■■■. Ottawa, December .7. 'The Quebec Liberals nromiso to support Bir Wilfrid Laurier's Navy Bill, 'lhey are. hopeful that the anti-navy. agitation by the French Canadians is abating. : ':, ASSAULT ON.M. BRIAND. ' :,.."'. ■'.-.•■ . Paris, , December 7. ■La Cour, the Royalist workman, who Bssaulted thp Prime Minister, 51. Briand, during the unyoiling of a monument.to M. Jules Ferry at the, Tuileries on November 20,'-has been sentenced to. three years imprisonment, ' . \ QUEENSLAND; POLITICS. '■ . '•'.'...■'. '■"'. .. Brisbane,.December 7. , : In the Legislative Assembly the Western Bailway Bill was passed through al} ( its stages, and tho.North Coast Bill read; a second , time. .■.'.•'., : 'dEAEER FREIGHTS AND, FARES. . ■■'■',■■.'-. ••'■'■_ Sydney,"December 7. ' It is considered probable that' Mr.. Justice Higgins's,. awaid in the Merchant : Service Guild ' qase will have ■ the effect pf raising Australian, passenger and ■' cargo rates. . .■-.-• ~ -.BOYAIj CATTLE WINNINGS. "'."•■. London, December 6. At the. cattle show at Islington the King secured six first prizes and ■ three seconds/ He just- missed winning the Bnampion prize. "'..■.' : '. ■' THE WILLESDEN ; COLLISION. . London. December 6. Another passenger lias died from the (injuries he received in the Willesden railway: collision, . . ■ .' ... '•'"•;•". : AEGENTINE WHEAT. ' London, December 6. "Broomliall's Circular" estimates the Argentine surplus wheat export as _ at least three million tons. Some districts yielded 37 J bushels per hectare (about two 'acres). ...■■■

• -AUSTRALIAN APPEAL-CASE. London, December 6. In the case Brown y. Brown,- a New South .Wales appeal, judgment was relerved. -. - CASPIAN DEATH-ROLL. ■ St. Petersburg, December G. 'The recent galo in the Caspian Sea paused the loss of 314 lives.. BODIES. EXHUMED.:Melbourne, December 6. The bodies of the two Moodie girls, ■ fsho were supposed to have died from poison, have been exhumed. THE CORONATION. . Melbourne, December 0. .The Hon. W. L. Baillieu, Minister for JPniilio Works, will represent . Victoria (at the Coronation. Adelaide, December 7. -. The Mayor has been appointed to represent tho city at tho Coronation. He pas been granted an extra allowance <of $250 to cover his expenses. '.-:■ ABORIGINES FIGHT. Sy'dnoy, December 6. A fight among aborigines occurred at •Bowravillo, 362 miles north of Sydney. ■Fourteen were injured. Sticks and other jrenpons were used. HALF-POUND HAILSTONES. Rockhampton, December 6; -' A terrific hailstorm occurred here, during which; lumps of ice weighing half a pound fell. Much damage was done. ~.'■ BEAUREPAIRE RETURNS. Sydney, December 7. ' Beaiirepaire, the Australian swimmer, has returned by the P. and .0. liner ilooltan from Europe. Ho says he was ■piuch impressed by tho progress of swimpiing on the Continent. , .