GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1258, 13 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

' By TeleeraDh— Prcia Association—Oopnicbt 3 FISHING BOATS FOUNDER. (Rec. Oct. 13, 0.55 a.m.) London, October 12. Throe Ramsgatoi fishing vessels with » eleven hands havo foundered in a gale. NEW SOUTH WAXES IIIFLE MEETING. Sydney, October 12. The first stage of tlio King's Prizo match was won by TicMo, of Sydney, with a score of 109. None of tho Now Zealand competitors were prominent. OIL STORE ON FERE. London, October 1?.. A fire destroyed the Anglo-American Oil Company's store on v tho Manchester Ship Canal, tho damage amounting to .£30,000. The flaming oil crossed the canal and fired j tho jetties. • MAWSON ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. London, October 11. Tho King has conveyed to Mr. Ernest L Joyce, zoologist, who is starting to-mor- . row to join tho Australasian Antarctio 1 Expedition, his best wishes for tho cx- " plorers' success, good health, und safo return. Ilis Majesty also expressed tho t keenest interest in the work of tho ext pedition. ; THE EARL OF DUDLEY. , London, October 11. Tho King gave an audience to the Earl of Dudley, ex-G overnor-Genoral of Australia, and invested liim with tho Grand Cross of tho Bat'h, KINEMATOGRAPHING BACTERIA. Paris, October 11. 1 Tho French Government slaughterhouses are arranging to kinematograph tho bacteria of diseased meat for tho instruction of sanitary inspectors and butchers. GRAND OPEIU COMPANY. Melbourne, October 12. The Mclba grand opera company opened hero last night in "La Tosoa, which was a splendid sucoess. FEDERAL REPRESENTATION. • Melbourne, October 12. Tho census figures indicate that Vic- ' fcoria will loso ono seat in tho Federal : House of Parliament, whilst Queensland : gains one. JAPANESE TRADE DELEGATES. Sydney, October 12. A Japanoso delegation has arrived in Svdney to invostigato conditions with a view of developing trade with Japan. THE KATOO.MBA FIRE. \ Sydney, October 12. : In connection with the Itatoombu firo the insurances oil Mullaney's buildings, | which wero destroyed, total .C 13.000. Tho , risks wore hold by various companies. ) WEST AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. ! Perth, Ootober 12. ' Mr. Scaddan, tho now Premier of Wos- J tern Australia, has announced that the J Government will do everything possible i to assist agriculture, and hnd already J outlined an extensive programme. J ORION'S GUN TESTS. j» London, Octobor 11. j' Tho firing of broadsides by the new „ battleship Orion has weakened tho mount- n ings of the. four-inch guns, which are too t , : near tho barbettes. 0 • , == ~ Mr. W. ?. Geddis, managing director of d the Wapier "Daily Telegraph," who recently c returned from Europe, is on a visit to s Weilington. ' 1