GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1128, 16 May 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph— Press Association—CopyriEht « (Rec.' May 15, 11.55 p.m.) REFERENDA RESULTS. Adelaide, May 15. The final Referenda, figures for South Australia show a majority of over thirty thousand on both issues for "no."

FLOODS IN ARGENTINA.

Buenos Ayres, May 15. The lower portion of the town has again been flooded. The'rains are of incalculable benefit to agriculture.

GALA NIGHT AT THE OPERA.

London, May 14. The King and Queen attended the opera at C'ovent Garden to hear Melba in "La Boheme." ■•? .•■,"••

SIR STARR JAMESON.

London, May 14. i Sir Starr Jameson, Leader of (he Opposition in the South African Parliament, who has been in ill-health for some time, has arrived in London. Ho has got rid of his gastric trouble, but.the rheumatism remains.

. ARGENTINA ATTRACTIONS.

London, May H. At the annual meeting of the Trust and Agency Company of Australasia, the chairman staled that the company had invested ,£550,000 of its funds in the Argentina. • [The company has a capital of -£1,750,000.]'

GERMAN ROYALTY.

Berlin, May 14. : The Kaiser and Kaissrin have started for London. London, May 15. The Kaiser is spending the night at Shccrness, and will reach London at midday to-morrow.

A NEW TORPEDO. Berlin, May 14. The latest German'torpedo is 19} inches in diameter, with a speed of 72 feet a second, and effective at 4400 yards. FOREST FIRES IN CANADA. Ottawa, May 14. Forest fires are raging on both banks of the St. Lawrence River. Noi casualties have so far been reported. "MOTHERS' DAY." Sydney, May 15. Yesterday was observed as a "Mothers' Day." The wearing of an emblematic white flower was extensively adopted. OVERLAND CYCLISTS. Sydney, May 15. Birtles, the overland- cyclist, accompanied by Plimmer, has left Sydney on another rido round Australia. N.S.W. CHIEF SECRETARY. v Sydney, May 15. The condition of the Chief Secretary, Mr. Macdonnell, who is in a Melbourne Hospital, is improving. A TASMANIAN CENTENARIAN. Hobart, May 15. A centenarian—John Tremayne, aged one hundred and three years, is dead. IRISH BLIGHT IN NEW SOUTH ' WALES. Sydney,. May 15. The quarantine in the country districts in connection with Irish blight in the potato crops is being withdrawn. SMALLPOX AT ADELAIDE. Adelaide, llav 15. The steamer Naming has arrived from London, via Cape Town with one of the stowards suffering from smallpox. THE LAMLASH POISONING CASES. ' London, May 15. It is now believed in connection with the Lamlash poisoning cases, in which 50 persons were rendered ill and one died, that tho flour used in the poisoned scones came in contact with' weeds while being milled.