GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1244, 28 September 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegr»Dh-Press Asßoplation-OoDSTIEhI >■ 9 SAN FRANCISCO'S NEW MAYOR. (Ecc. September 28, 1.5 a.m.) Now York, September 27. Mr. Eolps has been elected Mayor of San Francisco by 27,000 votes. Ho will have the handling of the Panama and Pacific Exposition, with funds of ,£2,500,000. ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Ottawa, September 26. The Canadian Government ship Arctic, which sailed in July, 1910, under Captain Brenner, .has returned. She niado the North-west Passage, and surveyed Banks's Land. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. Adelaide, September 27. For the year ended Juno 80 the railways earned .£2,041,000, while the working expenses totalled ~£1,257,000. A DESERTER PUNISHED. London, September 2G. Harold Spiers, „v soldier belonging to the Worcester Regiment, who deserted at New Eadtior last month, has been sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. THE RISING IN CHINA. Toronto, September 2G. All tho Canadian missionaries at Chingtu, (he centre of .the rising in Szochuan, eito safe, according to advices received here from China, LOSS OF THE ROSEDALE. ■ m , ~ Sydney, September 27. The discovery of a number of tins of keroseno near Solitary Island has revived the suggestion that tho missing steamer Rosedalo may have collided with another vessel. Tho theory of a collision with regard to tho loss of the Rosedalo has been exploded. The keroseno was jettisoned by another vessel. VICTORIAN RAILWAYS. Melbourne, September 27. Tho Railway Commissioners' report shows that the net revenue from the State railways' was i.'U per centum on the railway debts. STORM IN TASMA'N SEA. _, , Sydney, September 27. The barque- Helen Denny had a stormy trip from New Zealand. A seaman named Eall was washed overboard, but managed to regain tho deck. MADAME MELBA ILL. ,r j ,r ~ s y t,ne * , > September 27. Madame Melba. recently contracted influonza, and. has now developed bronchitis. Her doctors', orders are that she must relinquish her engagements for this week. THE RACE FOR THE POLE. Frcmantle, September 27. Mr. Frank Wild, a member of Dr. Mnwson's Antarctic expedition, has arrived. He expressed the opinion that, taking all things into consideration, Caplain Scott has a better chance than Captain Amundsen of reaching tho Polo first. ROBBERY ON THE MOANA. Sydney, September 27. During tho voyage of tho Moana from Wellington, jewellery valued at .£IOO was stolen from tho luggage of a passenger named Dunmore. KHAKI CLOTn SUPPLIES. Melbourne, September 27. Tho Defence Department recently called tenders for 68,000 yards of waterproof khaki cloth, but only 32,000 yards wero tendered for. Having failed to obtain tho cloth in Australia, tho Department intends to call outsido tenders.