GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1274, 1 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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COST: OF LIVING IN BRITAIN. (Eec. November 1, 0.35 a.m.) London, October 31. . The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, replying to Mr. Jonathan Samuel, member for Stockton, stated that tho Government had undertaken,.through the Board of Trade, a full inquiry into the cost of living.

RUSSIAN NAVY. St. Petersburg, October 31. The keels of three 22,500-tcn battleships have been laid down at the Nikolaieff ttavy yards'.

PICTURES DESTROYED. Sydney, October 31. Four pictures, valued at £200, which were being shown at the exhibition of the .Society of Women Painters, were destroyed by scratches and cuts, the damage apparently being due to a piece of deliberate vandalism.

IMMIGRANTS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, October 31. .The steamer Pakeh.i has arrived with 1128 immigrants, also fourteen of tho crew of tho wrecked steamer Papanui.

LANCASTER CASTLE MYSTERY. ~,.,, „. London, October 30. idith Bingharn, who, on October 7, was committed for trial on a charge of poisoning her brother, James Binglmm, keeper of Lancaster Castle, has been acquitted.

BOXING IN THE NAVY. „,, , , . London, October 30. The Admiralty has prohibited sailors from boxing for remuneration. The order does not affect the usual competitions in the Navy.

BOYS' LONG RIDE. New York, October 30. From Sacramento, California, i't is reported that Temple Abernethy, aged eleven, and his brother, aged 9svcn, have compieted a ride- across the United States. They started from Coney Island on August 1. They won a purse of ten thousand dollars (.£2000)'.

BRITISH FORCE LANDS IN PERSIA.

Teheran, October 31. The Indian troops sent to Persia by the British authorities because of the tillered continuous disturbances in the couth disembarked at Bushire without opposition.

NEW SOUTH WALES BY-ELECTION.

Sydney, October 31. Die returns for the Liverpool Plains election sire Mr. Ashfortl, Labour party's candidate, a majority of 511. Thero are possibly a few postal votes to como in.

THE ANTARCTIC AEROPLANE. Adelaide, October 31. Dr. Mawson has decided not to use- his leroplano for flying in the Antarctic. Ho jr-ill use it solely for sleighing purposes. Lieutenant Matkins, the aviator is returning to England. Ho is keenly disappointed. .