GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1063, 28 February 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teleerajh-lTcss Asscciation-Copyrlalit.

; SMALLPOX IN LCfIfDON.

(Eec. February 27, io'.lO p.mi.) ,', ~.,, ! T London, February 27. • Thirteen "additional cases of: smallpox aro reported in the East End, including one at Bethnal Green. ; ; v. i: . ;...'

STATE BRICKWORKS.

. , Sydney, February .27. The Government has ordered machinery for the State brickworks, and is preparing sites. ■ :.■: ..- ..•■■■..'."

AMERICAN KAILWAT STOCKS.

••" • . . London, February,-26.' A rally in American railway stocks, which were depressed by the decision; of the Inter-State Commerce Commission forbidding increases in freight rates, is favourably ; reflected on the Stock hz.change. ■ . .

A THEATRE EOBBED.

v . London, February 26. Mr. Poor, assistant manager of the Theatre Royal, Margate, was found in a dazed condition, gagged, and bound to the floor of his office.' It is reported that a small sum of money is missing.

MUEDER IN CAUCASIA.

" St. Petersburg, February 26. Two unknown miscreants murdered 11. Giss, a Belgian, and assistant manager of the tramways at Tiftis,.Caucasia. lhe murder was committed in the street. ■

SMUGGLING'OF ALIENS.

' i -• ■ New.York, February 26. Federal officers boarded,- the linsr Athina at New York, and arrested twenty-nine ■ of the crew on a charge of conspiracy to violate the immigration laws by smuggling in aliens disguised as sailors. ' " . . ■ :

MELBOURNE RAILWAY MISHAP.

Melbourne, February 27. A collision between an engine and a train at Flinders Street Station resulted in six passengers being slightly injured.

CIVIL- SERVICE SUPERANNUATION.

Sydney, February 27. ■ The State Government intends to prepare a superannuation scheme for the whole of the public service.

IJ.W REFORM IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, February 27.. Mr. Holman (State Attorney-General) will appoint a commission to deal with the question of law reform. 'f

UNUSUAL HORSE DISEASE,

. .Perth, February 27. Eight horses died from; cerebro-spinal meningitis at Meenaar, in the Northern district. Theso are the first.cases o! the kind in Australia. An epidemic is not feared. ••'■.■.'• '■.'<'

EPIDEMIC AMQNG CATS.

, * ; London, February 2". There is a curious influenz.*. epidemic among cats in the Sout'u cf England. The cats recover under treatment by veterinary surgeons, but otherwise succumb wholesale. Sixteen died on one farm in Kent. " ' ' :

DUTCH FRONTIER TROUBLE.

7 The Hague, February 27. i The German authorities at Oldenzaal, on the , Prussian frontier, have allowed 300 AuMxians returning from New York, via Holland, '.o proceed without hindrance but they stonped sixty 'Russians because the shipping" ngsrit dtclined to deposit JiiM as security.' ' " i' 1 [There ha* been somo trouble between 'Holland and Germany on account of tho Gorman frontisr authorities 'Mocking parlies of Russians who wero returning home, via Germany, after having crossed the Atlantic in Dutch vessels.. It was alleged that the Germans desired to placa obstacle* iu the way of. persons fusing Dutch Atlantic steamers in preference to German ones.] . , ._.-'. .'■ ..

' ~~. . \ ■ " ARREARS OF REVENUE.

■ • ■ London, February 26.' The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir. Lloyd-George, announces that irrecoverable arrears of revenue,'through delay in passing the Budget, will amount to eight thousand (?) pounds. '. ■•• ■ .

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; (By. "Telciraph-Press "■ Association./ , "i'V ; . , ——♦———-'.. ■'-■ 0;''" . RESIDENCE :BURNT.DOWN. ;: INMATES JUST ESCAPE. ;/'t" ' ; February 27. -A seven-roomed iiouse in■■ Boniinioa Road, occupied by Mr. M'Gee, and owned by Mr. T. Hansen, of.Mount Russell, was,< burnt to the ground early on Sunday ■ morning. The firo eppoars to have brokea out some time about 2 a.m., as .when .Mr. JTGec was awakened.about-2.20 a.nii by tlio noise of burning timber, and opened his bedroom (bor, the.flames burst into . the room, accompanied by a volume of thick smoke. Mr. M'Geo promptly closed ";'•;•. tho door, and.lifted.his wife- onfc.of the window on to tho verandah. They:were the only.occupants of the house/and barely Jicid time .to do more than collect:, a few articles of clothing in rushing, out of the burning building. , The neighbours were aroused, and the Mount Eden and Mount Albert Tire Brigades were, quickly ; on the.scene.of the conflagration,'but the j, fire had already, a strong hold,, and nothing more could be. , done than to prevent tho>flames,from spreading: to adjoining . residences. ,'. .Tho building, and contents were totally destroyed. -Thb house- was-,, covered-by ah insurance'policy, of, : .£500;/ . in, the South British office, and/ Mr.; : M'Gee had his furnitiire insured- for • £200 in the National, office.- : ~;,.-:,...■

DOUBLE-TRACK IT? ':>i . -PARNELL RAILWAT TUNNEL'." . ', • '■■ ■ Auckland, February ,27.- ' A sub-committee' of business men ap« pointed to report on the Question of the . duplication of the railway tunnel -at > Parnell reported- that 'duplication is ' de- . sirablo, and necessary in the interests: of commerce and public safety and the ultimate business advantage of the railwaj ~ itself.. The committee received the re port to-day, but deferred consideration „ of it for a week. The reDort; was prepared in terms of a .resolution, carried : at a public meeting in October, -1905..'. *. and presided over by' Sir Joseph' Ward. ■ then Minister for Railways,' setting but that "if ten representative'men go over, the Penrose section after its completion, \ and declare the duplication of the tunnel / ; necessary, ths Minister shall be'bound .-,; to carry out the -duplication." 1 .;-,'.:' •_■'}: ' ; :•;■ FISHING IN SMALL ; COLONEL CHAYTOE'S BEOTHEE" -\ : .■'•■.- . missing.-./. ;.:>;.; Piston, February 27.'; ; ;'. A young man. named Harry ChaytuT ,i went out fishing in a> small dinghy, 0n.., Saturday and has-not. been seen, since., Search parties were out yesterday,: but ■ found no trace,-and serious .fears- are -..- entertained as to his'safety. ;,, ; v...:.--j\ .'' Chaytor is a ■'■yonnser:. brother- of : ■ Lieutenant-Colonel ; Chaytor/ of the. ■■ Der '•';■ fence Department. ; ,//:': 7 >. ■,;:;■'.'. ACQUITTED ON SECOND TRIAL.-■ v ■■■'■.' •-'-'• Napier, -•February.-.27.' ?-y;\. The rehearing of the cassin which Dor*.;aid Morrison, of Orinondville, was.charg- ; : ed with stealing sheep, the property 1 of .- his uncle, ■ Jonathan Holden (in which the v . jury disagreed- on,, Friday), resulted in . the jury returning a verdict ; of "Not guilty," after an absence of an hour and .- three-quarters..- , : ' :•' ......."?'...;,.'. ■ •■■■ ■' GJSBORNE HARBOUR.y'/'o ; ; Gisbor'ne, Febrnary 27.■•■■•'", The Harbaar, Board is at present being.-;-strongly urged by of \ shipping firms and commercial interests to : . extend-the breakwateri and thus minimise ■ -;■;' the dangerous "rin" at tho river.entrance. : ■- Nothing has yet been decided, but it , \a.y expected ; finality will be reached ..next' ; Monday at a special meeting of the board. ■'-... The necesnrywork is estimated'by Mr. F. TV. Marchant to cest i13,0C0... •.■ -, r ;. ;

SCENICRESORT ON THE:MAITAi:.; iV Nelson,. February ; 27. ,-; • The Scenery Preservation Commission' ■vi-cre waited upon to-day by a representative deputation/ which urged that landbo acquired along the banks ;.ofTthe Mai-,. tai Kiver as a public resorts the estate.. having recently been closed to the public The commission will report to the Got- . ernraent on the subject.*.•'•"'■ |-' "' " ',"■■

SMASHING JEWELLER'S WINDOWS. • Gisborne, February 27. George Sampson, alias Reid, was sen« tenced to four" months'- imnrisonment.foi deliberately hurling a stono through' ~* ■.. jeweller's .plate-glass . window.. He. had.; served two months for damage of a simi< ■ lar nature in Auckland. ■ ~.--' .■ m POLICE ; /.' '■ " Auckland, February 27.' : The police raided'a boardinghouse in the citv known'as "The Mansions .and the private residence of a man named-: i-Harris Smith, at Parnell, and -seizeda I quantity of beer and spirits.; :.;; : V - ':-, FALSE; PRETENCES, ;•..;■:. .•* Napier,. February 27.-' In the.Supreme Court,. Finlay_ Johtt M'Lean was sentenced, to six- monthr ; imprisonment for false pretences. , , : , AKITIO,, COUNTY. LOAN,;; ? Pahiatua, February 271-; A poll of the Akitio County ratepayers on a proposal to borrow; j£20,000 ■ for -.- metalling and bridging was lost .by>•'six votes. ;A second poll is.possible;'- ■'■ .-..-.-

The Eketahuna "Express": of Saturday ; says:—"Farmers in this district are in a state' bordering on. desperation .in con; nection with trucking their, fat sheep. Instance/ after instance of; delay in'.the supply of trucks is. cited'by wrathful victims until; it appears that;it is in-. tended producers are for the' convenience of, the railways rather than the railways for the convenience of the producers. In : one case (only one of many similar) trucks were ordered on .Saturday for a Wellington consignment of'fats.' The ; i sheep were'eventually got away on Thursday. In" another case several: thousand sheep came * in'from ona district,-trucks being previously ordered and expected on Monday, morning. A similar delay occurred; a'nd a farmer on ringing up; the: Waingawa works was informed that'the' last of tho sheep reached there on Thiirs-' day morning. .. • It seems that the Wairarapa line is under a ban, and that tne convenience of its users is the very .last V thing that is considered. The time is coming when'residents of the 'district will surelv express their disgust in no,nncer- ; tain "manner. Other remedy there seems' to.be none."'" '■'.[ ./ '. '-./, ■~■..'

Particulars of - an' unreserved clearing sale of stock, to be held;by Messrs: Abra-.\ ■ham and Williams at -the farm Shannon, on March 6, will be found, on page-2.0f, this issue. ~■■:■ ~■■;'■-■■</1~ ',:./ ;>jy Edward Nelson, of Melbourne, , .-who'. is - touring . New Zealand lecturing under_the „• auspices of the International Bible Stu-i dents' Association,/will 'give a series of three lectures in the small 'auditorium of • the Town Hall. * Tho subject for. to-taieht is "The Two Hells of the Bible." Mr./ Nelson gave lectures in Auckland-' re- -, centlv that were much, appreciated by Bible students. The I.B.S.'Association .13 non-sectarian, :, and no:-. collections aro, tnkon. Questions will be : answered; after. the discourse. ■■■.-■'•' ■'■'•■' ! ■;'-. \ : -'...~-':'\\.:\. At their rooms, 28 Brandon StreelMo-. .morrow, at I.3o.p.m...Messrs..A. L. WiI T ; son and Co.- will hold a sale of,roller-top,:; desk, office furnUiire, .'dentists appliances,, superior furnishings, and. piano. ■;.■•. ■.. . ' Jlessrs. A. L.-Wilson and Co. will hold a sale'of bulbs at their Bran-, doii Street, on Thursday,' March 2....; , The New Zealand Loaii and Mercantile;' •\-ciry Company advertise particulars >;' a stock sale" to bo held at r Pahautanui: on"Mcn;lay,;Marc]vC.:;. ;;.;:?; ■;:■:;:;;•;:.. AV elderly woman, named; Mrs. Dark:-, fell'off a tramcarnt the corner-of .the; Basin Reserve and Kent Tei-raco jester--, dav, and' sustained injuries to the hend■:.which necessitated her removal to the :% hospital. "•'■ .'.-':-■ ; .'.' ■:'.■■'■■' '' : '.~-7 : 'j-[-:-^ The Karori Borough' Council inscr Is'an" advertisement in; this; issue concerning the":"•' closing of a. road.;,;;:';..;';.';'■_; - ■■;.^. >;-^. : The Auckland City Council invite tcn.f ders for' the supply /and, orcch'on' 7 bf-thr: i machinery for the newi wwot station.-..