GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

[By Tclecraph—Press Association CopyrichtK-. — 0SUSPECTED REVOLUTIONARIES.. . (Rec. April 22, 0.5 a.m.) ' :. Peking, April 21, Sixty suspected revolutionaries' havC been arrested. ■ \ WIRELESS TELEPHONE FOR MOV-< ING TRAINS. (Rce. April 21, 11.35 jm.) London, April 21, A Railophonc, providing for wireless :e!eplioiie communication for moving :rains, has heen inaugurated at Strat-iprd-on-Avon. A LIVELY MEETING, ' Vancouver, April 20. At Edmondlon (Alberta), a meeting addressed by the Hon. Frank Oliver was uproarious. Mr. Oliver was ae:usod of plotting tlio fall of the Ruth* srford .Ministry in Alberta, and promptly called his accuser a liar, LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA. ' London, April 20. The balance-sheet of tho Loudon Bank jf Australia, Ltd.,-shows that transferiblo deposits amount to £003,4-14; .■ jlhor deposits, £4,1301,476; cash inrestmonts, £2/273,640; bills, £3,943,355, ' ,! FRUIT-GROWERS' STRIKE. ' * Aiiolaitio, April 21. Tho Renmark- fruit-growers' strike has extended to Port Adelaide, where Lho drivers and shunters havo refuser j io handlo non-union consignments. 'MANUFACTURERS' WEEK. "" . Sycfnoy, April 20-, A procession in connection with Mann*' facturers' Week was vcr.y successful.. There was an excellent display of all classes of locally-made articles. ESTATE OF MR, JOHN CLARK. '• Sydney, April 21. The estate of Mr. John Clark, grazier, of Boggabri, lias been sworn at over £197,000. Mr.- Kerr Clark, late private secretary to Lord Islington, is one of tho executors. .Tlio whole estate lias been left to the widow and children. NATIVES' ASSOCIATION. Sydney, April 21. The Australian Natives' Association Conference approved the referenda, also a uniform gauge for the trunk railways for defence purposes. RONALD-HARPER PERJURY CASE.' Melbourne, April 21. On giving bonds of £100 each to lie of good be'iaviour for fifteen years, Siddelcy, Baliiugall, 'J. Paton, Bartling, Bredon, and Batchelor, six of the seven men sentenced to two years' imprison- ( merit in connection with tho RonaldHarper perjury case, were released, OAT HARVEST, Melbourne, April 21. Tho Victorian oat harvest totalled'' 9,099,000 bushels from 392,681 acres. . A WATER FAMINE. Perth, April 21. There is 1 a water famine at Mcnzies. Water is selling at £1 per thousand gallons, after fifty miles of cartage. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. Crlsbsne, April 21. Tho sentence of death passed on the workman W. Denton, who murdered his mate, George Kelly, at Jondaryan in October last, has been commuted to oi.a of lifo imprisonment. [Tho jury strongly recommended mercy on the ground that the crime was committed in a lit of temper while accused was in drink.]