GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

BrTelttraph-Vrcßß Asscciation-OopyrliM • r * • ■ » • CHOLERA. (Rec. February 10, 10.15 p.m.) St. Petersburg, February 10. It, is officially stated that there, were 216,091 cholora! cases : iii Russia . last jear, of which 101,002 were fatal. • WAGES OF COOLIES AND • ' , KAFFIRS. i (Reo. February 10, 10.5 p.m.) Cape Town, February 10. • Tho stoppage of Indian labour has resulted in doubling tho wages of kaffirs, and,in a' 60; por cent, increaso in the \ pay_ of coolies on tho Natal sugar plantations. ' " i ' ■ ' POSTAGE STAMPS FOR NEW ZEALAND. (Rec. February 10,10.15 p.m.) London, February. 10. ,The.Not Zealand • Government has requested Mr. Bertram MacKennal to daw'fi!} /, flostage^sjlpmps..,, ; f HERO FUND. v , Sydney, February 10. •The Coogeo hero'fund has now reached over £1000.. i v * * '\ ' 'TROUBLESOME LASCARS. •' ' Melbourne, February 10. Twenty-eight Lascars who deserted from tho steamer Aparima and marched through tho streets in a body havo been reshipped.

' j / ; ;; ;/ ;^- i^ingjtheft/: : 0 '-.-. ''•;' ''■",":->'/•! 'London, February. 9.. A_ lady 'who' was v looking !'in a shop window in. Edinburgh was assaulted and robbed of ■'■• a pearl" ntcklaco' worth £7000.; Tho assailant escaped. " ;

' ■ • THE EAELDOM OF CREWE. ■'•'•'''•__'.■ ■"' ' ■:''■'■' .London," February 0. Tho. Countess 1 of Crowe,' wife of Lord State for India, Lord Privy Seal, .and Loader of tho Upper Housoi'has. given birth to. an. '. heir 'to the 'earldom.-" v

THE KAISER;;TJNWELL. ; '

'■;■- '■' • V-; ' l Berlin, February 0. ihe Kaiser -will havo to'remain abed for thofnext few days." Ho is suffering from a cold, '■'•■ >■■''''■,

■■ ■■■ . -ißuenos Aires, February 9> ,Tho greatest drought for a quarter of b century, has ended." Ever)' province has been rain-drenched.

■ • ./ Tohoranj February 9. •Tho assassins of Said-cd-Dowlch, Per•ian' Minister for Finance, havo been banded over tc tho Russian" Legation. Melbourne, February 10. ' By closing the Post and Telegraph Oflices throughout ,tho Commonwealth at 6 o'clock at night from March 1, tho Postmaster-General expects' to save £180,000 a year.- . , ; , •

■-.'■• ' Sydney, February 10. Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labour, told b deputation that ho'will place domestic servants on tho schedule to enablo them to apply to.the Wages Board.' Aman suffering from.a cold,took two tcaspoonfuls of caycimo pepper ns a sure cure: This paused his ■ throat to close; and lie was asphyxiated.

•• . Adblaido, February 10. A 'referendum on tho question of ire trea'sjng the payment of members of the Assembly to £300 Vill'be taken on tho »amo day as tho Federal referendum.