GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1210, 19 August 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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SEVERE EARTHQUAKE RECORDED. (Rec. August 19, 1.0 a.m.) Sydney, August 18. An earthquake was recorded at 8.44 o'clock yesterday morning. It was too severe for the seismograph to measure tho extent of the waves, and was at a spotprobably not far dista,nt from Australia. A similar tremor was recorded in Melbourne. THE COPYRIGHT BILL. London, August 18. The Copyright Bill has been read a third ■ timo in the House of Commons. DEFECTIVE QUARANTINE SYSTEM. Melbourne, August IS. Mr. Tudor,,Coinmoinvenlth Minister for Trade and Custom?, states that ho requires iC250,C00 to modernise tho quarantine system of tho Commonwealth, owing to the neglect since it was taken over from tho States. Ho proposes to send a doctor on a tour of tho world to inspoct the different systems. AUSTRALIAN MILK REGULATIONS. Sydney, August 18, The Full Court has held that the Pure Poods Act requires that milk shall bo prescribed as up to the standard, whether it is otherwise by default of tho vendor or not. NEW LINER FOR AUSTRALIA. London, August 17. A largo gathering of Australian shippers, bankers, and merchants had luncheon on board tho new steamer Demosthenes, prior to her iirst voyage, and inspected tho accommodation for the Australian Cadets. PACIFIC CABLE. London, August 17. Tho Pacific Cablo Bill, authorising the laying of a direct cablo between New Zealand'and Australia, has been read a third timo in tho House of Commons. AGENT-GENERAL ENTERTAINED. London, August "17. Tho Mayor and Chamber of Commerce of Cork gave a luncheon in honour of Sir Newton Moore, Agent-General for West Australia. Kir Newton Mooro eulogised West Australia as a field for the investment of capital and for homes for industrious agriculturists. VICTORIAN POLITICS. Melbourne, August 18. Dissensions in the State Ministerial party ovor tho Preferential Voting Bill point to tho likelihood of an early Genera! Election. ARNST GOING INTO BUSINESS. Sydney, August 18. Richard Anist, tho champion scullor, is visiting tho Wellington district of Now South Wales. Ho stated that ho was going into business as soon as ho could. Ho might take up a few hundred acres on tho halves system there, for wheat-grov,--' ing. SUGAR STRIKE SETTLEMENT. Brisbane, August 18. The waterside workers at Mnckay are firm in their determination not to workalongside non-unionists.