GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1045, 7 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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OIL V, COAL. London, February 5. On aconnt of a foreign ompany, a steamer of 5000 tons is being constructed at Glasgow. She will have a speed of twelve knots, and will bo fitted with Diesel engines. A hundred tons of oil will propel her tho same distance as 300 tons of coal would. FOUR BLUEJACKETS DROWNED. Madrid, February G. The British cruiser Glasgow's whaler capsized at a regatta at Villagarcia and four bluejackets wero' drowned. "THE NIGIIT WATCH." Amsterdam, February 5. Sigrist, the discharged naval cook" who slashed with a knife Rembrandt's picture, "The Niglit Watch," in the State Museum, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. ' MINERS FINED! London, February 5. Six miners wero fined 20s. and costs each for entering a colliery at Coventry, with pipes, cigarettes, matches, and naked lights. OUT OF ORDER. Ottawa, February 5. The British Columbia Parliament has ruled out of order a Socialist resolution denouncing the recent execution of tho Japanese Anarchists who conspired against tho Japanese Imperial Household.

COBAN LOAN. London, February 5. A Cuban four and a half per cent, loan of JG1,100.000 has boen issued at 983. NEW CATHEDRAL. Sydney, February G. Cardinal Mornn has laid tho foundation of a new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Armidale. BONUS ON FLAX. Melbourne, February G. Eighty farmers lmvo applied for tho Federal bonus of 10 per cent, on locallygrown flax. PENNY POSTAGE. Melbourne, February G. The British postal authorities have agreed to accept penny letters from Australia. It is hoped that in a few months similar arrangements will bo completed with foreign countries.