GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1216, 26 August 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

. lis Tclecrapb-Press Association-OopyriEht | NEW COMET SIGHTED. (Rcc. August 20, 1 a.m.) Perth, August 25. The comet discovered at the Lick Observatory in America is visiblo hero, it is a small object with no tail apparent, and is moving south-west. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. Sydney, August 25. Owing to the activity in financial circles, there has been a considerable increase in tho price of Stock Exchango' seats, for which JiIOOO is now paid, as compared with .£OOO a year ago, GERMAN STRIKE ENDS. Berlin, August 25. The strike at the Schichua shipbuilding yard has. terminated. AUSTRALIAN CADET TOUR, London, August 24. Mr. T. A. CoghliW, New South Wales Agent-General, is dispatching twelve Dreadnought boys with Major Wynne's cadets to undergo drill during tho voyage to Australia. Tho sailing of the Demosthenes has been postponed to September 2. This entails additional expense on the cadets. . VICTORIAN POLITICS. Melbourne, August 25. An early dissolution of the State Parliament is anticipated, owing to the split among the Government supporters on tho Preferential Voting Bill. LABOUR CONFERENCE. Sydney, August 25. The special Labour Conference has concluded. The constitution relating to representation at the confercneo was altered. Owing- to the growth of tho movement the number of delegates from each branch was reduced. NEW SOUTH WALES GALE. , Sydney, August 25. Tho weather is moderating. DRILL GROUNDS FOR CADETS. Adelaide, August 25. The State Education Department has refused the use of school grounds for' drilling cadets. MISSING POLICE PARTY RETURNS. Perth, August 25. It is now reported that the five trackers supposed to have been lost in the Kimberloy district, have returned safeOnly their horses were lost. KILLED WHILE CYCLING." Hobart, August 25, Mr. Frederick Kelly, conductor of a business college, has been killed in a cycling accident.