GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 998, 13 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telcuraph—Press Aaaociatlon-UopyTlsav. —— »- . KING EDWARD MEMORIAL FUND, (Rec. December 12, 0.50 p.m.) London, December 12. The contributions towards the King Edward Memorial fund at Birmingham amount to . GERMAN ROYAL TOUR. Colombo, December 12. The German Crown Prince has sailed for Bombay. The Crown Princess, who accompanied him to Ceylon, has departed on the return voyage to Germany. AUSTROIHUNGARIAN-DREAD- ' NOUGHTS. Vienna, December 12. A commotion'exists in ' Hungary owing to none of-the four Austro-Eungarian Dreadnoughts being built in Hungary. ' SOUTH AFRICA'S UNIVERSITY. ' Cape Town, December 12. The De Beers Diamond Mining Company has donated .£25,000 to the South African University..,;'-,;'.- jr.f: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. Stockholm, December • 12. The Nobel Peace Prize for'the,year has been awarded to the Peace Bureau at Berne. EMPIRE '.ORGANISATIONS. London, December 12. The League of tho Empire' and the Over-Seas League have agreed to amalgamate. ' BUDGET APPEAL CASE. London, Decelnber 11. The Court of 'Appeal discharged an order dismissing the caso of Dyson in regard -to Form Four under the Budget, the judges holding that plaintiff was entitled, to seek tho Court's'decision upon the limit of the power of inquisition vested in the Land Commissioners. EARTHQUAKES AT FLORENCE. Rome, December 11. Severe earthquakes have occurred in the Florence district. .. , FERRY BOAT CAPSIZES. .'■. Rome, December 11. It is reported from Ravenna that a ferry boat, while cros'sing the flooded Po, capsized, and twenty workmen were drowned. '■•'.. AN AMERICAN CENSUS. New York, December 11. A census of all the possessions of the United States gives, the total population as a hundred and one ; ,millions. ' THE CALCUTTA RIOTS. Calcutta, December 11. The rioting over the Moslem cow-killing ceremony has now ceased, but the troops will remain until the close of the Bakrid festival on Tuesday. SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR ENDS. Cape Town, December 11. Mr. A. Fisher, Federal and Mr. G. Fowlds, New Zealand Minister for Education, sailed by tho steamer Aeneas. N.S.W. EDUCATION./ . • "' Sydney, December 12. Mr. Becby, Minister'for Education, proposes to introduce legislation providing for the inspection, of all non-State schools. BLIGHTED POTATOES. Melbourne, December 12. • Irish blight continues to spread among the potato crops. A'fresh outbreak has been discovered at Bentlcigh. . Melbourne, December 12. ■ Dr. Clarke, Archbishop of. Melbourne, will visit New Zealand for a short holiday. He will sail by the. Warrinioo on January IS. . .', . ; . ■ '.'. Sydney, December 12. Mr. 'Holman, Attorney-General in the new Labour Ministry, .will release a number of prisoners at.Christmas as an act of clemency. "- \ • ■Melbourne, December 12. A six-foot seam of coal has been struck at Powlett River, a mile and a half from tho State mine. The State Government is negotiating for the purchase of the land. ' Santiago, December 11. Advices from Lima, the'Peruviau capital, state that tho iucident at Guayaquil, in Ecuador, whtre the Peruvum Consulate was some time sines attacked by a mob, will be shortly adjusted. The Peruvian Cabinet ."as resigned.