GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1083, 23 March 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

(By Telegraph—Press Association Corytieht) ■ INVESTITURE OF THE PRINCE OF. WALES. (Roc. Marcli 22, 10.45 p.m). , London, March 22. The King will formally invest the Prince of Wales at Carnarvon Castle on July 13. Tho Bishop of Bangor and representative Nonconformists will conduct the service. FORMOSA NOT FORTIFIED. New York, March 22. The American Consul, who has returned from Formosa, denies that Japan is fortifying the island for use as fi base of j operations against tho Philippines. BLIGHTED POTATO CROPS. Sydney, March 22, Gloomy reports are to hand of tho rapid' spread of Irish blight among tho potato; crops in many .districts. THE AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS. ' Sydney, March 22. The new Australian destroyers, Yarwi and Parramatta, left Melbourne for Sydney to-day, and should arrive hero on« Saturday. THE QUEENSLAND CYCLONE. \ Brisbane, March 22. Tho farmers at Mossman, in Northern . Queensland, estimate their losses through' the recent cyclone at ,£20,000. FERRY STEAMER BURNED. Sydney, March 22. The ferry steamer Kaludah caught flro at her moorings in tho Parramatta River early this morning, and breaking looso drifted in-shore. She was burned to the water's edgo and sank. RAILWAY COLLISION. San Francisco, March 21. At Los Angeles, California, an overland train crashed into a train at a siding. Thirty-five persons wero injured. NEGROES TURNED BACK. Winnipeg, March 21. One hundred and sixty-iivo negroes, bound for Alberta, have been refused admittance to Canada. It is feared that they would drift into the cities. MELBOURNE YACHT MISSING. Melbourne, March 22. : Tho yacht Mavis, with four men aboard, 'is missing. It is feared sho was , lost in tho storm on Sunday last, HOMEBUSH ABATTOIR. Sydney, March 22. Mr. Arthur Kidman, of Sydney, who has visited the principal abattoirs in Canada, tho United States, and Europe, considers that tho public abattoir at llomebush Bay, near Sydney, when completed, will rank as ono of tho best in the world. THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTORATE. Sydney, March 22. The revised Commonwealth electoral rolls show an increase of 9317 names since April last. TnE PERICLES WRECK. Perth, March 22. It is believed that cargo valued at ] .C200,'000 is still intact under the storn hatches of tho steamer Pericles, of tho Aberdeen Line, which struck an nil- ; charted rock off Cape Leeuwin a year.l ago. The forepart of the vessel has broken up, and the cargo stowed thero litis disappeared. PROFESSOR DAVID'S BOOK. 1 Fremantlo, March 22. Professor David states that the Royal Society of London is giving financial assistance towards tlio publication of his. book on the Geology of Antarctica. Proofs will shortly reach Australia. The book will bo copiously illustrated. Tho literary contributors include Mr. Alan Thomson, of Now Zealand.