GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1236, 19 September 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Uy Toleeranli- Press At«oolaUon-OoßirUUt THE CHURCH IN PORTUGAL. Lisbon, September 18. The Government' intends to modify the drastic provisions of the decree effecting, ' •. tho separation of Church and Stato ia Portugal. NOTTINGHAM EPIDEMIC. London, September 17. There havo been 250 deaths from en* ■ leritis at Nottingham during tho past sis weeks. The majority of tho victims wers. children. ANTWERP DOCK FIRE. • Brussels, September 17. An official inquiry regarding tho finj at tho Campino Dock, Antwerp, shows that it was not, as supposed, due- to uw cendiarism. GREAT FIRE AT RIO DE JANEIRO. Rio do Janeiro, September 17. Tho National Printing Olhco has beca burned down. Tho loss is set down at ...... ,£OO,OOO. NEW WESTMINSTER BANK ROBBERS ■ Ottawa, September 17. A bank note cluo regarding tho NewWestminster Bank robbery failed, owing to a mistake being made in tho issued list of tho numbers of tho stolen notes. MANITOBA ASSAULT CASE. Ottawa, September 17. Edward Davis the alleged assailant of tho Manitoba school teacher (Miss Bnco), was arrested at Hannah, North Dakota. He is alleged to bo a noted convict. Davis escaped from prison years ago, when ho killed soveral guards! EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE. Santiago de Chile, September 17. A. violent earthquake was felt on th» nitrato fields at Iquique. The telegraph lilies havo been interrupted. Vienna, September 18. The seismograph at Laibaes recorded a groat' earthquake on Sunday, its centre being about (ivo thousand miles distant, AUSTRALIAN QUARANTINE. _ ./' Molbourne, September 18. V.cssols trading between New Zealand , . and Australia, excepting passenger boafy !* are to bo exempted from tho provisions,-' of tho Quarantine Act, provided they arj not from a proclaimed port. This by boon dono to enable trading vessels fc mako Australian ports tho first ports / call. SURF BATHERS DROWNED. Sydney, ■ Two brothers named Nicol were div,. whilo surf bathing at Thirroul. QUEENSLAND BT-ELECTTO" Brisbane, Septeni.'' , t ' * Tho PromieT ctainwt that tho f tho by-elections has emphnti;.;' u dorsed tho Government's adn 4t,u " UUl ' and legislation.