GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1168, 1 July 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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NEW. AUSTRALIAN CRUISER. (Ilcc. Juno .30, 10.15 p.m.) London, Juno 30. Senator Pearce, Australian Minister for Dofoncc has asked tho Admiralty to place orders for the hull and 'armour of a new Commonwealth cruiser of the Bristol class, to bo named the Brisbane. SIR MALCOLM M'EARCHARN'S ESTATE. Melbourne, Juno 30. A sum of has tan paid as stamp duty in respect of tho late Sir Malcolm M'Earcham's Victorian estate. [Sir Malcolm M'Earcharn, tho wellknown Australian sheepowucr, died last year. He left a-gross estato of £121,321, tho "Victorian portion amounting to .£150,000.] „ ♦ KURRIKURRI MURDER CASE. Sydney, June 80. Thomas Riley has been committed for trial on a charge of wilfully murdering his brother Bernard at Kurrikurri last week. Tho evidence showed that Bernard Riloy started tho trouble by severely assaulting Thomas in the courso of a drunken quarrol. PRESENT OF MILITARY AEROPLANES. London, Juno 30. Mr. H. Barber has presented tho Army and Navy with two Valkyrie- aeroplanes apieco. Tlio Government has accepted tho gift. P. AND 0. STEWARDESS STABBED. London, Juno 29. A Lascar steward fatally stabbed Miss Alice Brewster, a stewardess on the Peninsular and Oriental liner China,' after the vessel left Colombo. CANADA'S AMBASSADOR.' Ottawa, June 29. The persistent rumour that Sir William Whyto will succeed Lord Strathcona as Canadian High Commissioner in London is given credence by tho statement that Sir William is about to lcavo for England for an indefinite period. MIXED MARRIAGES. Melbourne, Jnuc 30. , Agitation concerning tho "No Tomero" docrce (prohibiting mixed marriages between Roman Catholics and Protestants) is assuming a new character. Emphatie protests are giving place to a demand for prohibitive legislation. STEAMER'S LONG TOW. Sydney, Juno 30. Tho steamer St. Louis has arrived hero, having towed tho steamer St. Antoino from Noumea, a distance of over a thousand miles. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SYDNEY. , Sydney, Juno 30. Tho Federal Government has accepted tho State's offer for an extension of tho lease- of Government House at Sydney until tho end of tho year. SYDNEY SHEEP SHOW., Sydney, Jure SO. At tho sheep show Tasmania was awarded tho grand championship for housed merinos, and New South Wales for unhoused. • FATAL JUMP FROM RAILWAY BRIDGE. Molbourno, Juno SO. Fout men were overtaken by a train on a bridge at Gcelong. Two jumped into tho rivor borioath, ono beipg drowned. Tho others escaped. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REVENUE. Adelaide, Juno 30. Tho State roTOnno for tho year ending to-day totals £4,177,331, a not increase of .£191,535 over that of last year.