GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1225, 6 September 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

obituary. Sydney, September 5. Mr. F. Lassctcr, head of the well-known Sydney business iirm of Lasseter and Company, is dead. ' FATAL FIHE IN ALASKA. Vancouver, September 5. Nine persons were burned to death in a fire , which destroyed a hotel and boardinghonso at .luneau, Alaska. Four of the bodies have been recovered. TRAGEDY AT COBAR. Sydney, September 5. A man named Cowen has been found dead at a Chinese camp at Cobar villi his head badly battered. Two Chinese have been nrrcsted. It is believed that the tragedy was the outcome of a quarrel over a woman. ANTI-ALCOHOLIC CONFERENCE. London, September 1. Sir George Keid (High Commissioner for Australia) and Mr. A. A. -Kirkpatrick (Agent-General lor South Australia) will attend tho International Anti-Alcoholic Conference at Scheveningen, Holland on September 11. ACCIDENT ON A WARSHIP. London, September 4. An accident occurred during firing practice on the Dutch battleship llcrtog Hendrik, at Batavia. Three men were killed and twelve injured, five severely. PORTUGUESE CABINET. Lisbon, September I. Sonhor Chagas becomes Premier and Minister for the Interior, and Senator Devas Concellos Foreign Minister. SWEDISH BOY SCOUTS. Stockholm, September 4. General Sir Robert Baden-Powell inspected one thousand Boy Scouts from all parts of iivedon. INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS. The Hague, September 4. The International Statistical Conferenco has opened. Captain Collins (secretary to Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia) represents the Commonwealth. SYDNEY SMALLPOX CASE. Sydney, September 5. All Iho passengers who landed at Brisbane from the steamer Van Linschot'en (on which there is a case of .smallpox) have. Ijeen traced and vaccinated and infection from that quarter is not feared.