GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1175, 10 July 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—OcpyrlgUl

DUCHESS OF ARGYLL ILL. (Rcc. July 9, 5.5 p.m.) I London, July 8. The Duchess of Argyll (Princess Louisa, »unt of King George) is suffering from acute laryngitis. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS. : .London, July 7. ; The Board of Trade returns for the i month of June show that, as compared : with the previous mpnth, imports decreased «C 3,523,028, while exports increased .£1,313,(90 mid re-exports .£309,745. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. [ London, July 7. Thero has been an outbreak of foot" and-mouth disease at Harlington, sex, through nicdiato contngion froitf Hounslow. WINDFALLS FOR CHARITIES. London, July 7. Tho late Major Foarn, who built It church at Stockport, at the cost of .1:80,000, bequeathed .£50,000 to charities. A DISTINGUISHED TOURIST. London, July 7. ' Sir John Kirk, secretary of tho Ragged School Union, and a prominont member of several other philanthropic institutions, ; has failed for Australia in the Orient liner Osterley. , , MAORI BABY IN LONDON. London, July 7. The first Maori boy born out of Netf - Zealand has been christoned in While City. Ho has been, named Karaneichana, , meaning "Coronation. , NEW ZEALAND APPEAL CASE. London, July 7. In the New Zealand appeal case, Alj lardico v. Allardicc—a Dannevirko will. , case—judgment was reserved. Tho respondent's counsel was not called upon. FRENCH EXPRESS DERAILED. Paris, July 7. The oxpress train from Havro to Paris : was derailed at Nantes. A guard, two : post office sorters, and three passciigcru •■ were injured. THE SINKING OF THE MAINE. Washington, July 7. The Navy Department lias selected 1 ; board of naval officers lo study tho bull , of tho battleship Maine at Havana, with a view to determining tho cause or : destruction. LOSS OF JEWELS. San Francisco, July 7. Just before tho Pacific maili steamef ; Siberia arrived at this port, ilrs. \an C lost pearls worth 4500. A scare* was unsuccessful. ; GOOD RAINS IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, July 8. Good rains have fallen over tho who * ; Stales, the heaviest in tho Rivenna. lllC ■■ outlook for tho season is excellent. SYDNEY SHEEP SALES. Sydnoy, July 8. The sheep sales have closed. Mr. Knsor, of New Zealand, paid 40 guineas for a ' ranii from Sir Samuel M'Caughey's flock, NEW SOUTH WALES GOLD YIELD. : Sydnoy, July 8. same period last ycai. KEW INSURANCE COMPANY. ; Sydney, July 8. The prospectus has been issued of a . iX> reserved for New .Zealand. TIHNS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY. Adelaide, July 8. The Commonwealth Government has WEST \USTBALIAS" MVE STOCK. Perth, July 8. OJDBS Of SgygJ* m JBira- i London, July 8. ' ' i The Chapter General of tho Order o ci- inVin of Jerusa em has held a lecep- , n on for tic oversea visitors in eonnccuSS 'Ath its ambulance department. ; OBITUARY. ; London, July 8. Tho death is announced of Mr. Edward Dicey C?B. the well-known author and ; \ confuted with Professor A. V. Dicey, the i constitutional lawyer-was formerly eon"«bed with the London "Toegraph," and , from IS7O to 18S9 was editor of tho "Observer." He wrote much on Lgypt id tho monthly reviews.] SYDNEY TRAM COLLISION. Sydnoy, July !). | •V "head-on" tram collision a( Glndosvillc. In one- car the driver ami n ; passenger were seriously injured. 'Pit seeond driver and another pnsscugcr won ! slightly injured.