GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1259, 14 October 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Br TsleEr&Dh— I'resß Assoclatioa-OopjrlKhl o . A COSTLY ACCIDENT. London, October 12. Tho repairs to the White Star liner Olympic (45,000 tous), which collided lust month, near Cowes, with tho British cruiser Hawke, will cost ,£200,000. NEW STEAMER LAUKCHED. London, October 12. The steamer Indrapura has been launched at Wailscnd tor the Australasian refrigerated trade. FISHERMEN DROWNED. London, October 12. Fourteen Yarmouth fishermen perished during a gale. FRENCH NAVAL POWDER. Paris, October 12. Tho French Minister for Marino (M. Delcasso) has directed that powder on board warships shall not' be moro than four years old. [It has been alleged that old powder was tho cause of many of tho recent disasters on French warships.] PORTUGUESE ROYALISTS. Lisbon, October 12. Royalist prisoners, including many priests, are arriving daily from North Portugal. SMALLPOX CASE. Sydney, October 13. Tho steamer Eastern's passengers have been landed in quarantine. They are in good health, with the exception of the smallpox patient. PHILATELIC CONFERENCE. Sydney, October 13. The Australasian Philatelic Conference has opened. Mr. Bates represents New Zealand. LATE ME, BATCHELOR, Melbourne, October 13. Tho Imperial Government has cabled a messago of condolence on the death of Mr. Batchelor, Federal Minister for External Affairs. AUSTRALIAN POSTAL SERVICE. Melbourne, October 13. The annual report of the Postal Department shows that 13,223 permanent officers are employed, whoso salaries aggregate -CATTLE DISEASE. Sydney, October 13. There has been a severe outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia amongst tho cattle in the West Darling district.