GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1203, 11 August 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telecrajjli'-Press Association— Copnlehl ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF. (Eec. August 10, 11.20 p.m.) London, August 10. General Sir J. D. French, inspectorGeneral of the Home Forces, has been gazetted Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Lieutenant-General §ir C. W. Douglas succeeds him as inspector-General of tho Homo I'orces. . t OBITUARY. • ' Paris, August 10. Mr. John Gates, the American millionaire, and tho introducer of barbed wire, is dead. [The Press Association sent this same piece of news from New York nearly a month ago. A note on Mr. Gates's career was published at the tinie.l BRITISH CROPS. London-, August 9. Tho "Times" crops report estimates British wheat kt 95, barley at 86.6 per cent., nnd oats at 83.7 per cent, of tho average yield. CHOLERA IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM. 1 . Paris, August 9. • Since Sunday twenty-seven cases of cholera, twelve. of them proving fatal, I have occurred in a lunatic asylum at Marseilles. HUGLI BRIDGE IN DANGER, Calcutta, August 9. The Howrah bridge- and the shipping on the Ilugli have been in great danger during the last twenty-four hours, through eight barges of burning straw floating on the river. It is believed to be tho work of anarchists. MOTOR FATALITY. Sydney, August 10. At tho inquest in connection with the recent Muswellbrook motor, fatality, the jury, found that tho driver of the car, Suess, was blameless. ■ It censured tho Shiro Council in not taking precautions to make the road safe. MAORI WAR VETERAN DEAD. Sydney, August 10. i The death is announced of Mr. Joseph Cash, aged 82. As a sergeant in the Forty-Third Regiment, he fought in the Indian Mutiny, and afterwards went through tho Maori War, receiving a mfdai for bravery. JAPANESE TRAINING SQUADRON. Sydney, August 10. Official intimation lias been received in Sydney of a protracted visit of a Japanese training squadron, which will begin its Pacific tour in December. ■ AMERICA AND PENNY POST. Sydney, August 10. The Postmaster-General of tho United States regrets that he is unable to acoept penny postage. UNIONISM IN THE ARMY. . Sydney, August 10. The Cadets at'Lithgow refused to parade because they objected to being drilled by non-unionists. SURVIVES BROKEN NECK FOR A WEEK. Sydney, August 10. A man died in the hospital after living a week with a broken neck. Ho was conscious but helpless.. LONG AIR FLIGHT. Paris, August 10. M. Vedrines, the famous aviator, flew 80S kilometres (about 502 miles) yesterday, winning tho'Micholin Cup. WHEAT SHORTAGE FEAREDNew York, August 10. Tho drought and intense heat are seriously affecting tho wheat-growing areas. According to tho Department of Agriculture's report, a shortage in tho yield is feared.