GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1157, 19 June 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TcleirraDh-Prcss ABSociation-OopyrlehJ ■ q MR. ROOSEVELT ATTACKED. Now York, Juno 18. Mr. Roosevelt has been vilified by th« • 'Los Angeles Times" for doubting that tho "i'imes" building was dynamited last year, lho attack is of a scurrilous nature. FRUITGROWERS CO-OPERATE. Melbourne,. Juno 19. It has been decided to form a fruifci growers' co-operative company with a capital of £50,000. QUEEN ALEXANDRA. London, Juno IG. Queen Alexandra aud her sister, tin, Dowager Empress Mario of Russia, aro leaving for a ten-days' stay at Sandringham. SIR E. GORST CRITICALLY ILL. ~ London, Juno 16. Sir Eldon Gorst, British Resident in •Egypt, who has for some lime been suffering from paralysis supervening a sunstroke, recently underwent an operation, A relapse has followed, aud gravo anxiety is felt, LONDON PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS. London, Juno 16. Special precautions are being taken at Shadwell (a part of London, on the left bank of tho Thames), owing to tho number of rots that have died from plaguo.

KAISER'S TEAM WINS. Berlin, Jmio 16. Tho Kaiser is gratified at the success •, of tho Gorman team at the International Horso Show at Olympia, and has issued a proclamation thanking Prussian horse* breeders. The team was selected by th« Kaiser himself. GENERAL DITsTIN SPAIN. Madrid, Juno IG. Ex-President Diaz, of Mexico, has arrived at Vigo in good health. Ho intends to live in Spain. CANADIAN EXPRESS DERAILED. Ottawa, Juno 17. An International Limited train lias been derailed at Toronto. One passenger was killed, and six others seriously injured. VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION. , Melbourne, Juno 17. The by-election for liondigo East, consequent on the death of Mr. Glass (Labour), resulted in an easy victory for Mr, Sampson, the Labour candidate. SHORTAGE OF WOMEN WORKERS. Melbourne, Juno 17. At a conference on tho scarcity of la« bour, it was stated that there wcro 1330 known vacancies for women that cannot bo filled. MAWSON EXPEDITION FUND. Sydney, Juno 17. In response to a suggestion by a public meeting, tho Sydney "Herald" has opened a Mawsou expedition subscription list. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE. Sydney, Juno 17. Tho Rivervicw College Seismograph roj corded a severe earthquake on Friday ■ evening. Tho centre is estimated to bo probably five thousand miles north of Sydney. A SARCASTIC JUDGE.

Adelaide, Juno 17. . For forging a cheque for sixteen pounds a prisoner was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, (ho Judge remarking that it would be unfair if he did not in some tangible way recogniso the prisoner's skill and ability at deception. COAL HULK SINKS. Hobart, June 17. The Union Steam Ship Company's hulk Nelson, stationed on the River Tamar, sank with four hundred tons of coal, NAVAL TRAINING. Molbourno, June 17. Mr. W. M. Hughes (Acting-Federal Primo Minister) agrees with tho view oxpressed by Mr. Mackenna (First Lord of tho Admiralty) at l'ontypool, regarding Imperial uniformity in naval training.