GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1030, 20 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telcffraph-rrcEa Asseciation-Copyrl&ht. ■ 9 : S ELECTION RECOUNTS ORDERED. (Rec. January 15, 10.5 p.m.) London, January 19. Mr. Justice Channell has ordered a recount in connection with the Gloucester, Mile End, Tower Hamlets, and Chippenham elections. KING'S VOICE PER GKAMAPHONE. London, January 19. ' Correspondence has been submitted to . the King, urging his Majesty to utilise a gramophone for the delivery, of his Coroaddress to tha people. MADAME MELBA. ■' '■ < London, January 19. Madame Melba, who .has been suffering from a-severe attack of influenza is recovering. A MISSING BARQUE. London, January 18. The Norwegian barque, Dunearn, 1G32 tons gross, has been posted as missing. .AN EGYPTIAN OILFIELD. ■ London, January 18., Ihe Shell Transport and Trading Company, Ltd., is negotiating for the acqui-' sitiou of lha Gem'sah oilfield;, in Egvpt. It intends to erect' a refinery at Suez aud lay a pipe-lino fron> Gemsah to Suez and another east of Suez. AN UNTRUE STORY. Paris, January 18. In connection with the statement mado by Miller (a supposed American), that ho had been tied to a tree and robbed, it transpires that the man is a mere hoaxer. He is not an American. His real nanio is Rosenblum, and he was expelled from Germany,, since when- he had been living from hand to' mouth. POPE PIUS.. ■ Rome, January 18. The Pope's gout troubles . aro only occasional. His Holiness has resumed the giving of audiences as.usual. SEIZURE OP OPIUM. New York, January 18. The Customs authorities seized 20,000 dollars' worth of opium from the- steamer Korea at San Francisco. A SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. New York, January 18. Mr. Eugene Ely made a successful aerial flight at San Francisco, going from ■ the shore and landing on to the deck of a warship.

FLOODS IN OREGON. New York, January IS. Heavy rain, is causing disastrous floods in Oregon State. _ RESCUED FROM THE ICE. ' Vancouver, January IS. After being fifty hours on ice floes in Lake Huron, two fishermen were roscued by tugs. AUSTRALIAN PEARL SHELLING .INDUSTRY. Mclbourno, January 19. The Federal Department of External Affairs gives, as n reason for excluding Papuans from 'tho-pearl shelling industry that they are wanted for development work in Pagau; also that they are excluded with a view to keeping intoxicating liquors away from them. / POTATO BLIGHT. Melbourne, January 19. Reports indicate a serious spread of Irish blight iu tho potato areas. SYDNEY GAS STRIKE. Sydney, January 19. An inquiry into the recent gas-workers' strike has commenced. HUMAN REMAINS FOUND. Melbourne, January IS. A bag containing a human leg was found in tho bqsh at Frankston. Tho police are investigating the matter.