GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1092, 3 April 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

(By Telcerapli-rPrcES AeEoclation Couyrlclitl

. 1 SOUTH AFRICA'S DEFENCES. \ Capo Town, March 31. The Union Government will construct extensivo coast defence works under th<V new Imperial scheme. CANADIAN CUSTOMS REVENUE. • Ottawa, April 1. ' The Canadian distorts revenue for the' fiscal year increased by .£2,500,000 over l that of the previous year, IRON MERCHANT ARRESTED. \ London, March 31, Robert Herbert Measures, formerly managing director of Measures Brothers,: iron and steel merchants, whoso business \ is being compulsorily liquidated, appear-,! Ed at the Polico Court on a charge of J falsifying the firm's balnnce-slieet, Hβ' was remanded on bail. A DERELICT BARQUE. Paris, March 31. > With regard to the barque Buteshire, nitrate-laden, from Pisagua (Chile) to London, which was seen drifting nearUshant, an island off the coast of France, , it is reported that a steamer towed her.' for twenty-live hours, when she was abaii> doncd, her decks being then awash, , GERMAN SEAMEN KILLED. Berlin, March 31. An explosion occurred on the cruiser 1 Yorck, 0350 tons, at Kiel. Three men' wore killed and lour injured. INDIAN CONSTABLE SHOT DEAD. Calcutta, March 31. , Two men who were being arrested near Comilla, in the- Bengal presidency, shot a constable dead and wounded Superintendent Furze, who was accompanying the. constable. AUSTRALIAN WIRELESS SCHEME* Melbourne, April 1. The Federal Government is finding &• difficulty in securing a wireless telegraphy expert in England. Meanwhilo tho extension of tho -wireless proposals remains in suspense. Perth, April 1. Two men named Moreing and Green, were run down by a (rain nt Gnildford. Moroing was killed ami Green fatally injured. Perth, April 1. Tho Crown caw in tho Chaffinch conspiracy charges ha; closed.