GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1018, 6 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press As3ociation—CopyrifilT.l-, SMALL HOLDINGS ALLOTTED. (Rec. Jan. G, 1.5 a.m.) ...■,/ London, January 5. One thousand acres of land has beel9 allotted under the Small Holdings. Act , tracing call. ( Sydney, January 5. ■The General Post Office distributed i ■sWff'registration formsife. applicants- under . tho compulsory military training schemo in two days. ■ I N.Z. TEACHERS' CRICKET TEAM, - I (Rec. .January 6, 0.10 a.m.) I-- - . ' Sydney, January 5. . The New . Zealand teachers' crickel , team has arrived at Newcastle, and waa' ; welcomed by the Mayor, . TAKING THE OATH. Hobart, January 5. The new system of taking oath without kissing the Bible lias bc&n inaugurated ift ' the Tasmanian Courts. ■ "" - TOWN PLANNING, j / London, . January 5. Birmingham is ssekiug authorisation 'under the. town-planning scheme-for 2320 acres. ' OBITUARY. ' ,

• ' London, January 5. , The death is announced of Lord Collins, TThe Eight Hon. Sir Richard Hena Collins was : b'orn in' 1842, and. was edu» cated at Dublin and Cambridge. Ho waa raikd to the Peerage in 1907. He was au arbitrator on the Venezuela Boundary Committee in 189T; Lord Justice of .Appeal 1897-1901, Master of the Rolls _1901-i, Lord . Appeal in Ordinary since 1907.3 A NEWSPAPER'S BIRTHDAY. ' ! London, .January 4. ' King George sent a letter through his private secretary (Sir Arthur Bigge), con-' gratukting the "Daily Graphic" on its' twenty-iirst birthday, and the successful way in which it has been managed. His Majesty trusts the paper will continue t» enjoy many years of prosperity. LIEUTENANT SHOT DEAD. London, January 4. Lieutenant Llewellyn T. C. Sackvill® West accidentally shot himself dead aboard the gunnery training ship Endymion at Sheerness. NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT YIELD; Sydney, January 5. The "Herald" estimates the New South Wales wheat yield at 22J million bushels, or an average of 11 bushels to tho acre.: "QUARTZ KING'S" PROPERTIES. Melbourne, January 5. - Two sons and. a daughter of the late Mr. George Lansell, one of the pioneers of Bendigo, and who was known as the "Australian Quartz King," havo purchased his extensive tm'ning interests for £200,000. They intend to float companies. AUSTRALIAN REVENUE RETURNS: ' Melbourne, January.s. The Federal Customs and Excise ratnrns for the six months ended December totalled .£G,IGO,G3S. The revenue shows a surplus of ,£6B,SOS. STAGE FIGHTERS INJURED, Melbourne, January 5. : In the sword fight during the 'product tion of the 'play, '"In Days of Old," at Ballarat, three of the combatants made, the attack so earnest that they inflicted nasty wounds on eath other. DOWNPOUR IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbano, January 5. The railway service at Cairns is • (lis* organised owing to washaways. Nearly twenty-eight inches of rain fell at Ba* binda"Creek in two days.' WOOD-CARTERS ON STRIKE. Porth, January 5. The wood-carters at Kalgoorlie havs ■struck. A thousand men are out. Tha: outlook for tho supply of fuel for the mines is grave.