GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1073, 11 March 1911, Page 10

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By. Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrltht. AIR. 'ASQUITH IN SWITZERLAND. (Rec. March 10, 11 p.m.) London, March 10. Mr. Asquith's thirteen-year-old daughter Elizabeth is suffering from inflammation of. tlio lungs. The Prime Minister and Mrs. Asquith have hurriedly left for Switzerland.

A MANUFACTURERS' WEEK. Sydney, March 10. The Labour Council has agreed to co-operate with the Chamber of Manufacturers in the inauguration of a "Manufacturers' 'Week." DRUNKEN HUSBAND'S MURDER. Melbourne, March 10. A tragedy is reported from North Melbourne. A labourer named Smith quarrelled with his wife, who left homo, and, on returning, found that her husband had cut the throat of their three-.year-old child. Smith was arrested. He had -been drinking, and admitted that lie killed the child to spite liis wife. ; CLAPHAM COMMON MURDER. •. • j ' • London, March 10. . At the itrial:-of Steinor Morrison, on a charge of having murdered tho Jew Beron at Clapham Common on New Year's Eve, Morrison's landlady, Mrs. gare evidenco for the defence, that the' prisoner slept at home on tho night of the murder. ON THE SICK LIST. London, March 9. Lord Crewe's condition is satisfactory. •: Lord Lansdowne, who has also been unwell, is slightly better. EDUCATION EXPENDITURE. London, March 9. ' Tho education expenditure for the year is estimated at £19,141,000, an increaso of £468,000 on the expenditure for 1910. ■ GERMAN PATENT LAWS. Berlin, March 9. A Bill retaliating against tho British patent law has been introduced in tho Reichstag. ' , GERMAN PRINCE ILL. Borlin, March 9. The Kaiser and the Empress aro attending at tho bedside of their sailor son, Princo Adalbert, who is suffering from an attack of appendicitis at Kiel. GAMBLING IN HOLLAND. Amsterdam, March 9. In view of recent legislation against tho total isator and bookmakers, English bookmakers operating hero are preparing to move to Switzerland. NO UNIFORM STAMP. Melbourne, March 10. The Imperial Government has cabled that it does not intend to proceed with the suggestion for a uniform postage stamp throughout the Dominions. BLIGHTED POTATO CROPS. Sydney, March 10. The whole of the potato crops in tho Crookwell and Taralga districts have been devastated by Irish blight. Tho loss in the Goulburn district is estimated at £150,000. NEW DIAMOND FIELD. Sydney, March 10. A rich discovery of diamonds is reported at Copeton. Stones estimated at n thousand carats were obtained in ten days.

WRECK OF/THE NEW GUINEA. Sydney, March 10. The Marine Court found that the wreck 0/ the steamer New Guinea on the South coast was caused by, default of the master, Captain Coleman, whoso .certificate was suspended for six months. CLERGYMEN'S PAY RAISED. Adelaide, March 10. The Methodist Conference decided to increaso ministers' stipends from £200 to £220 a year, and probationers' from £120 to £i3O. BULLFINCH RAILWAY OPENED. Perth, March 10. The railway from Southern Cross to Bullfinch has been officially opened. THE KING AND SUNDAY REST. London, March 9. King George sent a message to the Free Church Congress at Portsmouth heartily sympathising with any movement in the direction of ensuring for .the workers their Sunday rest.