GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1019, 7 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By.Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrisiti J— PROSPECTIVE STATE. COAL ' ; . , MINES. ' (Rec. January 7, 0.40 a.m.)^ Sydney, January 6. : Tlio. Minister of Mines has given instructions for. the inspection, of three coal properties witli a view to Government purchase. LMMIGRANTiTFOR AUSTRALIA',, Melbourne, January 6. The Commonwealth High Commit sioner in London, Sir 'G. W. Reid, "reports that during the sis mouths ended October, 19,599 passengers left for Australia, compared with 14.000 for the corresponding period of'the.- : previous, year. • : , -

COMMONWEALTH TARIFF. . Melbourne, .January 6. The Minister for . Customs (Mr* Tudor) states that tho Government's action in. revising tho tariff will be affected by the. success orotherwise :of the" Referendji .on the' Constitution' amendments in March. . {•. ■ THE CORONATION. : Sydney, January 6. . The State Premiers and their/ 'wives; •have received invitations to attend th&. Coronation ceremonies iu London. London, January 6. ..The' State Premier,. Mr;. Kidston,-, states.that he is unable to accent tho invitation to. attend tie C-oronatiou. • MAJOR BRASSEY INJURED. London, January 6. While Major , the Hon. T. A. BrassejV was hunting in Sussex his horse tripped'. in a hole and rolled on him injuring his shoulder. : ■ ' . , •'MAYOR GAYNOR'S'ASSAILANT. ! New York, January 5. : Gallagher, the dismissed city em-; ployeo who wounded the Mayor of Newi York (Mr. W. J. Gaynor) on August 9, has been convicted of assaulting' Mr. William Edwards, Commissioner for Street-cleaning, with intent to kill, and has been sentenced to ■ twelve •months' imprisonment. ADELAIDE DROWNING CASES. ; Adelaide, January 6. ' . There have been sis drowning cases in a week in the River Torrens, which flows through the outskirts of the city., BRISBANE TOWN HALL. 1 Brisbane, January 6. At a poll of the ratepayers a pro-; posal to borrow'£lßo,ooo-to erect a new,. Town Hall at'Brisbane'was defeated. : EVERTON GRANGE ASHORE. Adelaide,: January 6. The Everton Grange (8096 tons gross) . of the Federal-Houlder-Shiro line, . isashore at Kangaroo Island. It is ex-, pected to refloat her to-morrow. BOLTON RELIEF FUND. London, January 5. The relief funds for the 1 sufferers bfo the Protoria (Bolton) mine disaster ag-, gregate £83,000. Tho lists will be closed' on Saturday next. WOOLLEN TRADE BOOM. London, January o. There was a boom in the woollen and worsted industry of Great Britain during 1910. The Continental demand for British tweeds was unprecedented.

N.Z. SHIPPING LAW. Londcn, January 6. The well-known shipping' journal"Fairplay," commenting on the-: Nert : Zealand Shipping Bill, predicts that efforts will be made to prevent the Royal assent being given to the measure.. . .AN AVIATION CORPS. Melbourne, January 6. . • < The Federal Minister for Defence (Senator -Pearce) proposes to form a corps of aviators. .. DEATHS FROM CANCER, Melbourne, January' 6. A noticeable feature of the vital sta« tistics for the last nine months is the increased number of deaths from cancer. < , . • THE VANCOUVER SERVICE. . Sydney, January 6. Sir James Mills, managing directoJ: of the Union Steam Ship Company, in visiting Sydney. Ho states that the matter, of tho Vancouver service, remains in abeyance for the present.