GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1044, 6 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

, By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrlsit. j » - ' GOVERNORSHIPS. I (Rec. February 5, 5.5 p.m.) - London, February 3.. : The statement in regard to ■the appoint- "! ment of Sir John Fuller as Governor of ' Victoria in succession to Sir T. Gibson Carmichael, who has been appointed Gov- " ernor of -Madras, has been officially coil- j firmed: ' • Melbourne, February 4. Sir T. Gibson Carmichael will leavs ' i Victoria in May. ■ ■ J I OBITUARY. j . Sydney, February 4. Fehon, ex r railway commissioner, is dead. Ho was. 77 years of age. j TURKEY' AFF BULGARIA. i ■ Sofia, February 4. Turkey and Bulgaria have agreed to. a provisional tariff for a period of one year, ] while they are negotiating .regarding a commercial treaty. ; CANADA'S PACIFIC FLEET, : : 1 (Rec. February 5, 5.5 p.m.) Vancouver, February 4. Work will be begun immediately at Esquimalt on a dry dock which is in-, tended to be used by the warships of Canada's Pacific fleet. (Rec. February 5, 5.5 p.m.) ■ (' London, February 4. ' j A' mob of victimised persons looted ah alleged emigration agency at Bristol which ; bad been supplying glowing prospects regarding emigration. MUNICIPAL SALARIES.. Sydney, February 4. The Financo Committee of tho City' . 1 Council has recommended considerable i increases in the salaries of the principal . j civic officers. VICTORIAN RAILWAYS. " Melbourne, February 4. . . ■ j Railway improvements are contemplated by the State Government', involving expenditure of over a million. ' i IRISH BLIGHT. ; Melbourne, February 4. ' Irish blight continues, to spreadi Twelve potato . areas have been quaran-' I tined. ' TRAMPLED TO DEATH. • ■ ] New York, February 3. A crowd rushing to enter a train knock-, ed down a fifteen-year-old girl, who was trampled to death. NAPTIIA. . I St. Petersburg, February 8. J A new gusher has broken out at Apach'» eron,- near Maikop, in Northern Caucasia, yielding half a million pounds of naptha , daily. .• ; TESTS OF COAL. i Sydney, February 4. ' Tests of coal from tho Victorian Stata mine made at Sydney show that in hard-/ ness and calorific'value, and for gas-mak- , in" purposes, it' is inferior to Nowcastu ; coal. Tlie greatest defect is its friability, j which does not allow handling for ship- j ment. '; THli NEW YORK EXPLOSION. ' ' New York, February 3. ! The railroad and dock'officials concern- : ed in tho Now York explosion will be arrested und charged with, causing the . j deaths of thirty persons. FINANCIAL ADVISERS, ■ -Teheran, February 3. i; : : The Persian Mejliss (Council of Mm*, ist'ers) lias ratified the appointment of five American financial advisers. BRITISH RIFLE TEAM. Sydney, February 4. Tho New South Wales Rifle Association , has been advised that a British rifle team i will bo unable to visit Australia thia ; j year, owing to the Coronation. i