GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1125, 12 May 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph— Press Association—Oopyrich© . ft . THE CLAPHAM COMMON MURDER.; (Rec. May 12, 0.25 a.m.). . j London, May 11. , Stinie Morrison, whose sentence of,' death for the Clnnham Common murder was afterwards commuted to imprisonment for life, struck a warder in Dartmoor prison, where he is confined. Two warders have been placed in his coll to I prevent him from committinsr suicide. j GOOD RAINS IN NEW SOUTH WALES,, Sydney, May 11. ' The protracted dry spell has broken, and good rains are falling in the country. THE EIGHT TO WORK. London, May 10. In (he House of Commons, Mr. Keir Hardic, Labour member . for MerthyrTydvil, obtained leave to introduce a Eight to Work Bill. REV. R. J. CAMPBELL. London, May 10. The Rev. E. J. Campbell will go on a preaching tour in the uutumn, visiting the United States and Canada. Ho Willi afterwards visit Australia. NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER. London, May 10. ' Mr. M'Gowen, New South Wales Pre mier, had o long interview with Mr. I llarcourt, Secretary of State for the Colo.* nics. STRANDED SHIP REFLOATED. .. London, May 10. The. ship Saga, from Port l'irie to Pal-' mouth, stranded near Wicklow, but wasi refloated. I FRENCH DEPARTMENTAL SCANDAL. ; Paris, May 10. | A scandal similar to thot at tho Foreign I Office has been discovered at the Minis- r try for Agriculture. Tho reported defalcations amount to .£40,000. ; EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, May 10. Earthquako shocks have been ielt id' Southern California. THE TEACE TREATY. Melbourne, May 11. Tho Congregational Union carried a motion expressing gratitude to God for tho courageous declarations of President Taft and Sir E. Grey in favour of arbitration. MAN BURNED TO DEATH. Melbourne, May 10. A man named George Reynolds wasfatally burned while sleeping in a slablo at Graytown. EMPIEE DAY. Sydney, May li. No special provision is being made by tho Government for observing Empire Day, on account of tho closeness of the Coronation celebrations.