GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1126, 13 May 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright

THEATRE FIRE VICTIM. (Rcc. May'l2, 7.35 p.m.) Melbourne, May 12. . Mr. Lafayette, one of tho victims of the Edinburgh Tiicalro fiio, was undnr engagement to appear at the King's Theatre, Adelaide, during the forth* coming Christmas .'season. ' : ATTEMPTED. ASSASSINATION. Madrid, May 12. The trial of Rona, tho carrier who m-cd at and lvouiulcd Senor Maura.' then Pnmo .Minister of Spain, at Bar* colons last year, has logun. GALE AT SYDNEY. .... t . , Sycfnoy, May 12. A stiff southerly gale is raging, and further ram lias fallen. There is aheavy sea on tho coast, and shipping' is sheltering. , FIRE AT RUSSIAN NAVAL YARDS.! • St. ■ Petersburg, May l≥. ' A fire is raging in some of the workshops at the Naval Shipbuilding Yards IKSbmS sbipbuildiugi CATHOLIC LEADER DISAPPEARS.' m r'j-' Pa, ' is .May 11. ' M. Ferdinand Darrast, a well-known militant Catholic leader, has mysteriously disappeared. His clothes were found on the banks of .the Seine. Tho theory that ho committed suicide is injected. FATAL MINE~EXPLOSION. New York, May 11. At Spranton, Pennsylvania, five men were killed through an explosion in tho Boston mine. THE POLICEMAN'S LOT. Md'ocurno, May 12. There aro no candidates offering for tho police force. Members'of tho force urgo tho adoption of tho all-round pen- ' sions scheme which was repealed in,. 1 1902. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Melbourne, May 12. Arrangements have been made with' the Admiralty to seciiro iifty-four spoci.il ratings for Iho Australian torpedo ' destroyers. ' FEDERAL POSTAL SERVICE. \ Melbourne, May 12, The Federal Government is adopting a scheme of classification for telegraphists. The scheme will increase the cost of the salaries by fifty thousand pounds ■ annually. > AUSTRALIAN-MADE " RAILS. Sydney, May 12. Tho Government has let a contract for twenty thousand tons of locallymado steel rails. SIMPLE LIFE DISCOURAGED. Sydney, May 12. An advocate of tlie simple life appeared in George Street attired in a bnth-' ing costume. He was fined five shillings for offensive behaviour. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE?. Sydney, May 12. The Presbyterian Missions Commit tea estimates that the native population of tho Commonwealth is eighty thousand. THE EASTERN REPAIRED. Sydney, May 12. Repairs to tho steamer Eastern, a vessel of 3586 tons, belonging to the Eastern and Australian line, which was formerly stranded at Salamander Dank, Queensland, have been completed at a cost of thirty thousand pounds.