GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association-CopyrlfcM.

GERMAN ROYAL TOUR. (Rec. December 21, 10 p.m.) Calcutta, December 21. The Crown Prince' of Germany, at Haidarabad, witnessed a magnificent review of the Secuderabad troops. 'He then commanded the 33rd. Cavalry Regiment, which he manoeuvred brilliantly. . EARTH TREMOR RECORDED. Perth, December 21. An earth tremor lasting live and a half hours was recorded locally oh Friday night last. ARGENTINE TREASURY BILLS. London, December 21. The. Argentine : Government is placing four millions of four and a half per centum Treasury Bilis on the London, Paris, and Berlin money markets. LATE ADMIRAL RAWSON. London, December 20. The estate of tho late Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, formerly Governor of New South Wales, has been valued at £16,137. J THE CANADIAN PACIFIC. Vancouver, December 20. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has. ordered equipment to the value of seven million • dollars (£1,400,000), for delivery next summer. COLD~WEATHER. ' Melbourne, December 21. J The weather is very cold. There has been a heavy fall of snow at Buffalo. ECLIPSE~AT TONGA. .Melbourne, December. 21. The Federal Government lias granted £500 towards tho cost of a visit byAustralian astronomers to Tonga to view the solar eclipse. 1 Sydney, December 21. Sir James Mills departed for Melbourne immediately on his : arrival here by the Marama, for the purpose of conferring with.the Commonwealth authorities in reference to tho Canadian mail service. _ Record high tides are running in the harbour. . There are indications that a Bill will be introduced in the Assembly next session raising members-' allowances to £500 a year, as against £300 at present. Tho population of Australia on September 30 was estimated at 4,451,454, an increase for tho quarter of 29,651.