GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1300, 1 December 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

■>j ieiecrapn-frcßs Aseociatmn—Copyi'ichJ FIRE IN MATTRESS MILLS. (Hoc. November 30, 9.15 p.m.) Sydney, Kov-erabor 00. The Australian Mattress Mills at Forest 'Oilge havo been destroyed by tire. The lauiago is estimated at J;10,000. The liro was aiuscd by a spark from the deciric machino igniting fcapoc, and 'prcad with tremendous rapidity, giving he largo number uf employees barely :irae to escape from tho "three-storey jailding. nEAT IN VICTORIA. (Rec. December 1, 1.2 a.m.) . Melbourne, November 30. ' Iho weather is extremely hot, registering 107 degrees ill the shade of a city iiouse. "DICK" ARNST. (Rec. December 1, 1.2 a.m.) <m . Sydney, November 30. Dick Arost particinates in the forthcoming six days cycling. WARNED NOT TO FIGHT. (Reo. December 1, 0.35 a.m.) San Francisco, November 30. tho boxer, has undergone an operation for appendicitis, and has been warned' not to fight for ninety days. BISHOP OF BATHTJRST. (Rec. December 1, 0.20 a.m.) Sydney, November 30. Canon Lone has been consecrated Bisnop of Batnurst. IRISH HOME RULE. (Rec. November 30, 11.20 p.m.) London, November 30. Mr. Devlin denies the statement of the "Morning Post" that he is leading an important section of the Nationalists which is willing to accept tho Government's proposals. CONVICT SETTLEMENT. (Rec. November 30, 10.15 p.m.) _ ■ London, November 30. Tho "Morning Post's" Paris correspondent reports that it is officially announced that lie do Pine.?, near New Caledonia, will no longer bo used as a convict settlement. INTER-STATE BOWLING. Melbourne, November 30. At bowls, Victoria beat New South Wales by 121 to So. CONVOCATION OF OXFORD. London, November 29. Ihe Convocation of Oxford has refused to allow mathematical and scieuoc* honoursmcn to offer alternatives in Latin and Greek. WIRELESS COMPANIES. London, November 29. _ lho statement of claim lias been lodged in tho case Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd., versus tho Telefunken Wireless Company, for an alleged infringement of patent rights. AN OVERDCEBARQb'Iv. London, November 29. lho Glasgow barque Solwav, 1720 tons gross, long overdue, has been posted aa musing. A NOTORIOUS~CRIMINAL. St. Petersburg, November 29. loplavski, a notorious criminal, secured one huudred thousand roubles by insuring himself itnaor falso names, and afterwards getting control ot dving patients in the hospitals and altering their names to suit the policies. JAPANESE FINANCE. London. Xovembnr 29. M. Mori. Japanese Financial Commissioner in London, says tiiat Japan illlends to maintain a sinking fund. Hoi financial standing is re.illy stronger than it was in 1910, and the country's prosperity is better. A REPORT CONTRADICTED. Paris, November 20. Advices from Xins-Yuan-Fu show thai Surgeon-Major Legcndro and Lieutonanl De.-sirier were only slightly wounded, nol murdered, as previously stated. MCBDEK OF Mil. SANGER. London, November 29. Cooper is 2li years of ago. He was re ccutly superseded as Mr. Sanger's per sonal attendant. Jaekson and Austin aro not serious!}' in jurcd.