GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association-OopyrlsM. 9 EARL OF MINTO HONOURED. mi -n London, December 16. The Earl of Mirito, Jato Viceroy of India, lias been created a Knight of tho Gartor. THE COAL VEND. (Rec. December 16, 11.40 p.m.) Sydney, December 16. The Court has fixed the hearing of the coal vend case at Sydney on April 10 next. Tho defence must be delivered before the end of the present month. AFTER THE LOCK-OUT. London, December 15. Work has been resumed in the Clyde 1 shipyards. -Double shifts- are being worked. , FRENCH TAXATION. . Paris, December 16. , The Bill imposing a tax on the automatic lighters whicli are being used to the detriment of the French match monopoly has been passed. NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT YIELD. Sydney, December .16. I The Government Statist estimates the Now South Wales wheat yield at 23,500,000 bushels, and average' yield per acre at' 11.65 bushels. . MXJRDER'OF A BRITISH SUBJECT. London t December 16. Unless tho Government of Honduras pays an indemnity for the murder of a British subject,' the Customhouse at La Ceiba will be seized. THE BRAZIL MUTINY. London, December 15. The Brazilian Legation in London ctates that tho leaders of tho mutiny of November 22 were arrested while attempting to escape with arms in their possession. SWISS PRESIDENT. Berne, December 15. M. Marc Ruchet has been elected President of tho Swiss Confederation in succession to M. R-. Comtesse. There was no other candidate for the office. CHICAGO STRIKE FIGHT. Now York, December 15. In a clash between the Chicago police and strikers in the garment working trades, one workman was killed and a policeman fatally injured. AMERICAN COCKFIGHTS. Now York, December 15. A ten-day cocking main, tho biggest cock-fighting event for half a century, has been ..opened at Monroe, in Louisiana. Fifteen States arc represented. THE RICHMOND DISASTER. Melbourne, December 16. The claims for compensation in connection with the Richmond disaster total £120,000. MOTOR COMPANY FINED. Melbourne, December 16. The Kellow Motor Company has been fined £19S0 for evasion of Customs duty. COAL VEND PROSECUTION. Sydnay, December 16. The defendants in tho Newcastle Coal Vend prosecutions have filed a defence, which is a general denial of the allegations. They depend on a statuto of the time of Elizabeth. A STEAMER STRANDED. Brisbane, December 16. . News has been received that the steamer Bentinck, a vessel of 1148 tons, belonging to tho British New Guinea Development Company, is stranded in the Papuan Gulf, near the island of Goaribari.