GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1153, 14 June 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyTietat MOAN A MEETS HEAVY WEATHER. Sydney, Juno 13. The Moana had a rough trip from Wellington, with heavy westerly and southwesterly gales throughout; No damage was done, and the vessel landed tho horses aboard safely. AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB INQUIRY. Sydney,. June 13. The Legislative Assembly has agreed to tl>D appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operations and powers of the Australian Jockey Club in relation to horse-racing. SUICIDE OF INSURANCE OFFICIAL. Sydnoy, June 13. Mr. Stevens, city inspector of tho Mutual Life Association of Australasia, shot himself dead in a bathroom at Aaron's Hotel. The cause of tho tragedy is unknown. SMUGGLING OP OPIUM. Melbourne, Juno 13. For the quarter ending March 31, thcro were fifty-five prosecutions in tho Commonwealth on charges of smuggling opium. TEE OPIUM CONFERENCE. London, Juno 13. The proposed International Conference on the opium trade has been indefinitely postponed. SIX PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH. London, Juno 12. Two men 4nd four children perished in a ,firo at a shop at Litherlnnd, four and a half miles north of Liverpool. DUKE OP "WESTMINSTER INJURED. London, June 12. The Duke of Westminster broke his collarbone while ploying polo at Roehampton. COMMONWEALTH COINAGE. Melbourne, June 13. Commonwealth copper coinage, similar in design to tho silver coins, is being distributed. Already .€3260 worth of coppers havo been issued. THIEVES' GRIM HUMOUR. Melbourne, Juno 13. Thieves havo been showing grim humour during tho past few wcoks. They havo systematically victimised tho police. Several constables' houses havo been burgled, and other officers' overcoats 6tolen. DEMENTED WOMAN ESCAPES. Melbourne, June 13. Camelia M'Cluskey, who murdered hor three children in August last, while suffering from dementia, escaped from the Abbotsford Convent, where she was undor restraint, by forcing tho Jock of a door. She is still missing. HEAVY ARTESIAN FLOW. Perth, Juno 13. Aji artesian flow of between two and a half and three million gallons daily has been struck on the Boolpnrda station, north-west of Australia. |The largest daily flow of any previous nrtesian well in West Australia is l,l(i".000 gallons at Guildford. A well in Queensland gives over four million gallons.l