GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1289, 18 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tclotraph-Prcss Aseociation-Oopyrichl SLATERS STRIKE ENDED. (Roc, November 18, 1.5 a.m.) ,„, , . Sydney, November 17. lho Blaters obtained a shilling a day advance and tho strike has ended. BRITISH COPYRIGHT BILL. London, November IC, mi.r Co , I Y, ri S ] ' t m liasswl through Com«ri™, P Wf ? of Commons without bcrious amendment. CROSS-ACTIONS OVER COLLISION. Ti u ■ „ London, November IC. Tho Admiralty Court is hearing cross--5° '■?,?, .' an '?B P3 b .V (bo Admiralty and tho White Star Line, arising out of c " llisio ? Mvnon tllo loviathan liner Olympic and tho warship Hawke.

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. (Rec. November 17, 10.25 p.m.) London, November 17, nartv C< \vi n ii U i e I,t, . rlii »'>™tary Labour paity while welcoming adult suffrage reiterated the demand for tho extension ot tho franchise to women.

A GOVERNMENT VICTORY. (R«c. November 17, 10 p.m.) T« «, t •i s X November 17. In the Legislative Assembly, Mr Wades amendment for reducing the first tern on the Estimates with a view to testing the House on tho Government taxation proposals was negatived by 31 MOUNT LYELL MINERS. ■''.:"' Hobart, November 17 4«U t attfonHfthfdT ffon eS ofXunC dinS C ° mplCte «»**■ fi'f horp ir IS a lceling of apprehension lest this will mean a delay in starting work. PIGEON-SHOOTING MATCH. (Rec. November 18, 1.5 a.m.) <™ ii Melbourne, November 17. iho result of the pigeon-shooting match thlf n l rCd OSId V), ! lun(lrcd W«>s at W 85 WaS: Wilkins<m > 90 kills; AN AUSTRALIAN AVIATOR. nr rr l ~ s y. dn «y. November 17. Mr. Hart, the aviator, has qualified for tho Aerial League's pilot certificate, after completing a severe test. He is tho first to qualify in Australia. THE NIOBE MISHAP. T . , , T Ottawa, November 16. Lieutenant Lord Alastair Gmham was found guilty by a court-martial of causing, or suffering to b= caused, the stranding of tho Canadian cruiser Niobo on July 30 last. AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. New York, November IC. Mr. Koosovelt, in an editorial published in the "Outlook," urges Governmental control of all industrial undertakings by medium of an administrative bureau. Mr. Roosevelt denied that tho Steel Trust had misled him when he was President. A.ny effort to prohibit"'all business ,, , combines was bound to fail, but dishonest business ought not to bo protected. ELECTIONS IN PJtINCE EDWARD ISLAND. °' tawa ' Member 16J. he Liberal Government was defeated at Princo Edward Island in two by-elec-tions. The Premior (Mr. Palmer) lost his scat. NEW SOUTH WALES HARVEST. , Sydney, November 17. Harvesting reports indicate that the early crops are yielding better than was recently anticipated, but that there have been many failures of lato crops in most districts. PORTUGUESE OFFICIAL ARRESTED. Lisbon, November IC. The Portuguese official who at Kanjo shot the Rev. A. Douglas after an altercation has been arrested. ALBANIAN ATROCITIES. Constantinople, November 1C An Albanian band at ipoK, Albania, murdered four members of tho Committee of Union and Progress. VALUABLE PAINTINGS STOLEN. Berlin, November 16. Seventy-two paintings, many of great historic and artistic interest, have been stolen from tho famous Lust Schloss Chateau Schloissheim,. Bavaria, eight miles north of Munich. KAISER HAS A COLD. Berlin, November IC. The Kaiser is indisposed, Ho is suffering from a cold. LIVERPOOL DOCK DUES. London, November 16. Dock tonnage rates and dock towu dues at Liverpool havo advanced by 10 per cent.

JOHN CENTENARY. London, November 16. The Cobdqn Club, Loudou, and political, educational, and other societies at Rochdale, York, and many other cities, celebrated John Briglit's centenary. FEDERAL NAVAL COLLEGE. ' Melbourne, Novomber 17. Mr. Fisher, the Foitaral Prime Minister, announced in the House that Jem's Bay had definitely tan selected as tho site for tho Naval College. WASHED OVERBOARD. London, November IC. Commander Frederick L+. jirinc was washed overboard from tho battleship St. Vincent in the English Channel during a gale, and drowned. SPANISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Madrid, November IC. At tho municipal elections in Spain tho Republicans suffered a heavy defeat, TURKISH BUDGET DEFICIT. Constantinople, November 16. Tho Turkish Budget shows a deficit of A500,OOD ; SWISS EMBROIDERY. Berno, November IG. In order to avoid tho higu American tariff on Swiss ombroidery, n Swiss-Ameri-oan Company has been formed, with a capital of ,£2,000.000, to transfer tho industry to America. STATE ELECTRIC RAILWAY. Constantinople. November 16, The Lenz Company, of Berlin, is about to construct a State electric railway from Stamboul, by way of tho lioldon Horn and Galata, to tho Black Sea, at a cost of four milliou pounds. P. AND O. DIVIDEND. London, November IG. Tho Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation. Company has declared a deferred dividend of Gj per cent, and a bonus of II pei' cent. A BALLOONIST'S SUICIDE. London, November IC. Mr. MaxwcLl, a well-known American sportsman and balloonist, who won the Gordon Bennett Cup two years ngo, committed suicide by jumping from a Channel Bteamcr.