GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 995, 9 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

: ■ $y Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. ' : -' -■; 8. 7. "-• ■ , • A SPIRITED DUEL. London, December 7. ■. Mr. Winston Churchill, Home Secretary, and Mr. Lloyd, the Conservative candidate for Dundee, had a spirited debating duel before five thousand Dundee ■ "«lectors. x .-■. . ....'. NO PLURAL VOTING. London, December. 7. Mr. Balfour, telegraphing to Mr. Walflorf Aster," Unionist, candidate for Plymouth, said that under the, referendum there' would be no plural voting, and the gross inequalities due to the size.of constituencies would bo avoided. THUNDERSTORMS. (Rec. December 9,. 1.25 a.m.) Sydney, December. 8. Thunderstorms have badly interrupted ■ telegraphic communication with Melbourne. ROYAL VISIT TO HOLLAND. (Rec December 9, 1.10 a.m.) London, December 8. King George and Queen Mary will visit Amsterdam in the summer of 1911. GIFT TO BIRMINGHAM. London, December 7. Mr. • John Feeney has given Birmingham to complete tho town Picture Gallery, and for a • concert in convection .with. the Festival of Empire.: /■•■■ CHEAPER ■'■'-. •London, December 7. In/connection with deferred cables, it has been practically decided that the delay shall not exceed twenty-four hours. METEORITE DOES 'DAMAGE. ".' London, December 7. '/■■"..Tho fall of a meteorite at ,HulL de- ;. molished a stable ' and shattered 'the TOofs of five houses. '-'■ MUSICAL COPYRIGHT CASE. - ■■■'' - .' London, December 7, The High Court has. refused Mr. Lionel Jlonckton, the musical composer and critic, <an injunction restraining a ■ gramaphono company from, reproducing ■ comic opera songs. 1 : GERMAN LABOUR LEGISLATION. ■ , Berlin, December 7. The German Reichstag, by 132 votes to 115, decided, to include railway men in .the Labour Conciliation Board's scheme.. ' SIX-DAY CYCLE RACE.'. .'■.-".-•.' Now York, December 8. In the six-day bicycle race Walker (Australia) was knocked down by Mitten on Sunday just as he had relieved Pyc, his partner. Walker is still uncon- . wious. . AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. RATES. ." .' Melbourne,' December 8. ' In view of tho increased cost of supplies, the result of tho Arbitration Court awards, and the seamen seeking, increased' wages, the steamship companies contemplato a revision of the inter-State rates. '.

, N.S.W. GOLD FIND. Sydney, December 8. A discovery of gold is reported near : Narandera; 347 miles south-west of 'A Sydney. A largo area has been pegged out. ..;:.! . SYDNEY'S SUNDAY BEVERAGE. ';■'■'■'■ Sydney, December 8. > ' The police report that methylated * ■ spirit drinking on Sundays, when no / . other liquor is obtainable, is becoming yery prevalent.* j LONG CYCLE JOURNEY. ' Adelaide, December 8. Birtles, the overland cyclist, has ar- . rived here, en routo for Sydney. SYDNEY'S WATER SUPPLY. .-;_, , Sydney, December 8.. ' ' , t "he report of the Water Board shows .. that Sydney and its suburbs consume nearly-twenty-seven million gallons of ■;-. : water doily—an .average of forty and a half gallons per.head of population. 'i ■ • ; ~ '■ ; . " GERMAN MILITARY SECRETS. -Berlin, December 8. A petty officer at Wilhelmshaven, naiu- ; ed Jacob, has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for the betrayal of military secrets. , '•' » FATAL ICE ACCIDENT. ■. - . Berlin, December 8. [:. Thirteen persons have perished in an ice accident at Ebbing. J WORLD'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. London, December 8. v In the world's chess championship Dr. Lasker has won seven games and drawn J / : 'jf A RADIUM LODE. . ' Sydney, December 8. The discovery of a lode rich in car- ..'■'.- , oolite stone and carrying five per cent. .'■'; .. of radio-active material, is reported from 1 a mine near Broken Hill. Tests are be- " ing made. CHARGED WITH MURDER, (Rep. December 9, 1.25 a.m.) ' . Melbourne, December 8. Olive Moodie, charged with the murder of her mother, has been admitted to bail. ■. Tho amount was fixed at <£1000. y. , - EMPIRE SPORTS FESTIVAL. •; (Eec. December 9, 1.5 a.m.) j ; . -'-~■ Sydney, December 8. ' • I A .meeting of representatives of ;]•. amateur sports bodies approved a scheme £ .'." to send a: team to an Empire Sports ;i Festival.. .... . . J; •"■ - •;-';- ... . .. ■