GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1255, 11 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Hi TelecrMli—Press AmoolttUoa-OopjrieM 9 BRITISH POSTAL EXPANSION. (Rec. October 10, 30.20 p.m.) London, October 10. The Postmaster-General's annual ro port shows a general expansion of busi* ness. The revenue for the yoa-r amounted to XI 9,749,061 and the expenditure to jei4.271.576. WHALING IN TASMANIA. Hobart, Octolier 10. . A echo-lie is afloat for reviving th<y 1 . whaling industry. It is proposed to ey fcablisli a station at Port Davey. SUGAB COMMISSION. Melbourne, October 10. Tho Royal Commission which has boot apvunted to inquire into tho condition ot tho sugar industry will hold its Qrsfc sitting at Brisbane on October 25. ;j IMMIGRANTS FOR" QUEENSLAND. ' Brisbane, October 10. ; , _ The stealer Torilltf] lss lauded-: jlGlfl j inVmigra-nts, a rccora'number to Arrive > iu tlio Stato by ono vcssoL , OBITUARY. L London, Octobcr 9. Tho death has taken place of Jlistf Hesba, Stretton, tho novelist. [Tho lato Miss Stretton was tho daughter of a Shropshire bookseller. She wrote first for Charles Dickens, from 1859 onward until his death. Ilor religious and philanthropic stories have been translated into all tlio European and soveral Asiatic languages.] TONGARIRO IN COLLISION. London, Octobcr 9. Tho New Zealand Shipping Coin panjA steamer Tongariro, 8073 tons, collided with a wharf in tho Thames, and lias been docked at Tilbury so that tlio damage may be ascertained. THE LATE MR. BATCHELOR. London, October !).. Tho newspapers regret the death of Mr. E. L. Batcuelor, Commonwealth Minister for External Affairs. _ The "Pall Mall Gazette" says that his frankness,' and sound common sonse, and cool, judgment improssed all at tho recent Imperial Conference. Melbourne, October 10. Tho Federal Parliament adjourned today on account of the death of the lato Mr. Batchelor. CROP PROSPECTS IN NEW, SOUTH WALES. Sydney, Octobcr 10. The wholo of tho southern districts of New South Wales aro experiencing the finest season for yoars'jiast, and the crop outlook is most promising. MADAME MELBA REAPPEARS. Sydney, October 10. Madame Melba, who has been indisposed, and consequently unable to appear ■ with tho Grand Opera Company, has now recovered, and last night appeared in "Faust," scoring a splendid success. LOSS OF THE R-OSEDALE. Sydney, October 10. The extended search for tlio coastalsteamer Rosedale, which has been missing since September 16, has failed to discloso any trace of the wreck. CUSTOMS OFFICER'S FRAUDS. Sydney, October- 10. S. A. Stanley, paying officer in tha Customs Department, has been sentenced to three years' hard labour on charges of embezzling *£1.17(1, the funds of the Department, to which ho had plendod guilty. TAVIUNI-NEIU COLLISION. Sydnoy, October 10. At tho Ncra-Taviuni collision inquiry, tho captain of tho Taviuni stated in his evidence that bo could easily have passed tho Nera had tho latter's towline not carried away. Other evidence pointed to tlio fact that the Ncra's engines foiled to obey tho telegraph. Tho Taviuni has been raised and taken : into dock. BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION. Sydney, October 10. Tho council of tho Chamber of Manufacturers supports the proposed British Empire Exhibition, to bo held in LondonPROHIBITION MOVEMENT. Adelaide, Octobcr 10. Tho Christian Endeavour Convention has adopted a resolution sympathising with tho New Zealand Temperance party's endeavour to secure prohibition, and congratulating it on its past victorios. WEST AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. Portli, October 10. Tho now Labour Ministry has uwno# office. At tho recent elections sixtecr candidates had to forfeit their deposits.