GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1000, 15 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Pres3 Association—Copyright — AUSTRALIA'S NEW ADMIRAL. (Rec. December 13, 11.0 p.m.) London, December 13. The King has received Vice-Admiral King-Hall, C.V.0., the new Commaader-in-Cliief on the Australian Station, in audience. "AN EXCSSS OF FRENCHWOMEN. , London, December 13. The census reveals-that the females ia Franca outnumbered the . males by 645,211. TONGARIRO COLLISION CASE. . , London, December 1. The House of Lords has dismissed the appeal in the case of' the owners of the longariro' against the Astral Shipping Company, owners of the Drumlanrig, holding that both vessels were to blame for the collision. ... RELIEI? FOR FRENCH VIGNERONS. Paris, December 13. The Chamber of Deputies has voted s,ooo,ooo'francs for the relief of the winegrowers, in consequence of the damago caused by tho bad weather during the season. . THE WILLESDEN COLLISION. London, December 12. A fifth death has occurred as the result 'of the railway collision at Willesden Junction at tne beginning of last week. I. — " SUBMARINES FOR CHINA STATION. London, December 12. The Admiralty is sending sisj submarines to the Far East. ' ' ■ -ROYAL ACADEMY -PRIZE. ■ London, December 12. , Mr. Ralph Longstaff won the principal prize _ of .£lO for a design for the decoration of public buildings, awarded by the Royal Academy. BRAZILIAN BOMBARDMENT. London, Dcoembor 12. The bombardment of Dio de Janeiro' occurred on Saturday only. The censor's mutilating - and delaying tho messages made it appear that tho bombardment lasted two days. MR. OSBORNE. APPEALS. , London, December 12. Mr. Osborne has appealed against the judgment of Mr. Justice Warrington in regard to his expulsion from the Amalgamated Society of Railwaymen. suicide 'of- an Assassin. St. Petersburg, December 12. Sazonoff, who assassinated M. Plelive, Russian Minister for the Interior a few years ago. committed suicide after a flogging in the Zarantui Prison, in Siberia.

THE BRAZILIAN REVOLT. Rio De Janeiro, December 13. . The mutineers >on the six Brazilian warships, who revolted on November 24, and were granted an amnesty oil surrendering, have been-dismissed the service. ■ ARGENTINE CATTLE EXPORT. Buenos Ayres,'December 13. A decree has been issued permitting Argentine cattle certified as sound . to be exported to Europe. . v - A RECORD RAINFALL. Sydney, December 14. The recent storm resulted in a fall of {our and three-quarter inches of rain —a record for December. THE BULLFINCH SLUMP. Sydney, December 14. As a result of Mr. De Grut's report on .the Great Chaffinch mine, all Bullfinch stocks have' weakened on 'Change. j SHARP EARTH TREMOR. ' Sydney, Dccembef 13. A severe earth tremor was recorded by the Riverview College seismograph on Saturday evening, starting at 7 o'clock, and lasting several hours. Its origin was about 1700 miles north-north-east. THE SYDNEY DELUGE. Sydney, December 13. Tho rain has now stopped, but the 'weather id still threatening. Over three inches of rain has fallen since Sunday night. ■ i , FIRE AT MARYBOROUGH. Melbourne, December 13. A iiro at Maryborough destroyed Robertson's large drapery establishment, and tho Exhibition Boot Company's stoves, and damaged other buildings. SYDNEY STORM OVER. Sydney, December 13. The weather is fine and more settled since tho thunderstorm to-day. PRINCE LEOPOLD OF BATTENBERG. Fremantle, December 13. Prince Leopold of Batteiiberg,\ first cousin of the King, who recently accompanied Sir Thonins Lipton oil a yachting tour to Ceylon, is a passenger by the .Orient liner Omrali, which has arrived from Colombo. GOLF CLUB BOYCOTT. ' Sydney, December 14. The golf clubs have decided to join in a-boycott against expensive golf balls. Prices were recently raised on accountof the rise in rubber, and players are tabooing balls costing over 2s. Gd.