GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1017, 5 January 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—l ; ress Association-CopyrlsM. -»• ANOTHER ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. (llec. January 5; 0.20 a.:n.) . Berlin, January 4. Prince Henry of Prussia presided over a. meeting of the Filchner Antarctic Committee. Tho expedition will cost .£70',000. Its object is mainly to determine the distribution of land and water. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA BETTER. (Rec. January o, 0.20 a.m.) Vienna, January 4. Tho Emperor Francis • Joseph of' Austria is better. ' A BANKER IN TROUBLE. (Rec. January 5, 0.20 a.m.) Ottawa, January 4. Travers, general manager of the Farmers' Bank, which failed; has been arrested 011 charges of, theft amounting to jESOOO. He pleaded not guilty. Bail was not forthcoming. OBITUARY. ■ . . Sydney,. January 4. . Tho death is announced of Alderman George, who has been a member of tho Paddington Council, for 25 years. AMERICAN SHOOTING CASE. New York, January 3. 1 Mrs. V. C. Herold was acquitted on a chargo of having shot a man who had kidnapped her at Tacoma.'

AVIATOR'S NARROW ESCAPE. New York, January 3. Mr. James Radley, tho Englisli aviator, had a. narrow escape from death at Los Angeles. ■ ' DISASTROUS FIRE. . New York, January 3. A-firo wiped out a largo area of the business section- of Oklahoma City, which has a population of about 10,000. Frozen hydrants proved an obstacle to the firo brigade in its attempts to cope with tho outbreak. THE FEDERAL REFERENDA. Sydney, January 4. Mr. M'Gowan, Premier of New South Wales, stated regarding the Federal referenda that it. has been decided ' not to tako collective action. • Each Minister and member of tho party will vote as ho pleases. PAPANUI AT JAPAN. . Sydftey, January 4. Private advices ;stato that the steamer Papanui has arrived 6afely at Japan. NEWCASTLE SHIPPING RETURNS. ' Sydney, January 4. Lastvyear 4285 ■ vessels . arrived at Newcastle, as compared with 4454 in the previous year. BROKEN HILL WAGES. Sydnoy, January 4. The new wages agreement at the Broken Hill mines, which means generally an advance of a shilling per shift all round, came into operation yesterday. BOGUS BANK NOTES. - Sydney, ■ January 4. Bogus notes of. tho Commercial, Banking Company. of Sydney ,are circulating in tho city. Tho imitation is a poor one.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES. Sydnoy, January i. During the year there ' were fifteen wrecks and other shipping casualties in New South Wales wafers, .involving tho los's of only one life. ■ . ; ADELAIDE DRIVERS' STRIKE. 1 ■ Adelaide," January 4. After Cabinet's consideration of . the matter, Mr. Blimdell, Government Whip, agreed to withdraw his resignation, which ho had tendered becauso. of, tho leading part he had taken in connection with the recent drivers' strike. 1 , ; HEAyY RAINS AT CAIRNS. ■ • Brisbane, January 4. Heavy rains have fallen in the Cairns district. Fifteen inches fell in twentyfour hours. .Considerable damage has been done to the railways.