GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1218, 29 August 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph— Press Association—OoDyrleni

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

(Rec. August 29, 0.40 a.m.)

Sydney, August 28. " The Premiers' Conference has been postponed untjl early next year, oiring to tho complicated condition of State polities.

SYDNEY GAS DISPUTE.

Sydney, August 28. Tho conference between the gas employers and tho employees has concluded. It has resulted in. all-round increases of pay for tho men.

AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION.

Sydney, August 28. During, tho first half of the year, 05,000 recorded immigrants entered tho Commonwealth, while tho departures numbered 31,802.

GREAT LOSS OP ALCOHOL.

Rome, August 28. Lightning ignited a million litre,? of alcohol in tho distilleries at Milan. The elamago is estimated at .C 120.000.

NEW ZEALAND'S EXAMPLE.

London, August 27. Sir William Hall-Jones, iligl) Commissioner for New Zealand, in an interview recommended the adoption by Britain of compulsory arbitration on tho samo lines as in New Zealand.

GERMAN LOCK-OUT.

Berlin, August 27. The metal masters at Dresden and Chemnitz have locked out sixty per cent, of the workmen.

AN ACTORS SUICIDE,

Melbourne, August 28. Mr. Ted Kahnan, the well-known coniC' dian, has committed suicide.

ATTEMPTED TRAIN-WRECKING,

Brisbane, August 28.

\ serious attempt to wreck a train at Millton is reported. Large boulders had Ircn placed en the line, but were discovered beforo tho train approached tho spot.

DROUGHT IN WEST AUSTRALIA,

Perth, August 28,

The absence, of rain in the agricultural centres of Western Australia is causing serious concern.