GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tckgraph-Prcsa Assaciatiori-.CopyrlfcM? 0.. "'^--'', .'••■'.- CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY.. (Rec. December 27, 10.5J-p.m.): ' ■ ■ Bombay, December 27. The Crown Prince-qf Germany .is" on-a pig-sticking and tiger-hunting expedition in the Jaipur district. . . ;..,. '■ • REFORM, ,IN- CHINA/ •'■■■■' T " V'■ '..■■Pekino, - .'December-27.:.'"■• In consequence of, the Imperial .Edict '. the Assembly, by -a large majority,, has'; withdrawn its memorial to the .Throne demanding a responsible Cabinet, .■■:,.', . . RECLAMATION ' PROJECTS. '''V; New York, December 27. President .Taft has approved of .£4,080,000 being, appropriated for -the ■ Western States reclamation projects. :'•: . FIGHTING IN MEXICO. V ' Mexico, December 27. ' Heavy fighting between the revolutionaries and tho Government forces is- reported at Malnoso, but no details are.to ."hand.. ■■;,:' j .-.;,' .I;"). .;■-■':■.■ ' .."' -. ■ '; ALLEGED PICTURE'FRAUDS...'-..'. ■'''"■■ Paris, December 2G. ° Mrs. Fame' has withdrawn her charges •: against the, .Count,, and Countess Daulby Neglatigny.bnt'the-State continues the', prosecution for. selling spurious pictures. FRENCH MATCH MONOPOLY. '{A^ Paris, December.. 26.'.'';. v The French Seriate has adopted 'the Automatic Lighters Bill, placing'a tax on automatic lighters, the increasing 'use of which has 'proved ■■'.to - theGovernment match jnonopoly. ~- ■' ■■ :' ' ■ 1 NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS."' - '■!■:"'.•■'■■ s 'Sydrioy,-December ; 26.--There will' be' a- third partyiiiv, the New South Wales Legislative ' Assembly iii future, known as the •Democratic .Party. " ' -. '■ .■ ': ■"■. NEW SOUTH WALES HARVEST-' ESTIMATE. ...-.;: ;, Sydney, December 26.'*'. . The "Sydney . Morning Heraldjs"., mid--hnrvest estimate . gives the probablb ; .wheat yield as 21,000,000 bushels.. ;.^ '■ ' TRAM "Cbtl-ISION. .:; Vf^ Melbourne, December. 27.";;; '.A cable trani. dashed ..'into ~'ait^electric, tram at the "iutersection of.the phapel ■and High Streets, PrahraU'. , Ten per-' I. sons were seriously. : •'.. ON VICTORIAN-COAST: v Melbourne,, December 26. . A trawling syndicate has been formed here, and is expected to start extensive operations early next year. \ BRISBANE .STRIKE ENDING." -' : • ."' . Brisbane, Defember 27. ■,■* The Builders' Labourers strike is.prac-' tically settled. The men will .return! to; work to-morrow, provided an open con-., 'ference'is granted.. ■' ;, ■■' •-. A VIENNESE TRAGEDY.' ; ; . . •. Vienna, December 2i. ; Bartoney, a divorcee, and'. her lover, ■have been arrested on a charge of murdering the woman whose body- was re.cently found, in a laundry, basket. The., remains are those of Louisa Weasi 1 . a blouse-maker. Tho police discovered. other portions of the body, and -some.' .charred bones in Bartoney's room. ; ,■!•■ RELIGIOUS ORDERS; IN SPAIN.: r : . Madrid, December 2i. . -/The Chamber,. by ' 108. votes to .20;'. passed Senor Cadena's Bill, limiting religious establishments in Spain. ■' ..■..'. . MOSLEM UNIVERSITY. ; -V v Calcutta, December 26; Aga Khan, head of the Ismail Mahonimedans, offers a lakh (one hundred thou-. •and rupees) to. found a , , university at Aligarh, the intellectual' centro' of , the. Moslem world. ' ' . , • BOXING DAY IN SYDNEY/. • Sydney, December 27. The holiday'was generally observed to- , ' ' day, which was the hottest day.Tccqrded--this summer, the thermometer touching- , .Dβ degrees. . '. .- : ! ; THE FAMINE IN CHINA.' , : Nev/'York, December'2s.'■' The American missionaries in ''Ghin'ii report that three million persons are staryji;g in the provinces of ■ Kiahgasi ; and Anlnrei.' They appeal , foil a million , dollars to assist tho sufferers.. '■■•• ■■'..-, ' MANY ViITITORS IN SYDNEY.:' . : ' Sydney, December 26. As a result of the prosperous times in the country and the glorious weather, tho city is crammed with, holiday visitors, ' ■ ~..'/ -'.-.