GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1307, 9 December 1911, Page 4

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Prcus AssactaUon-OoDjrielH compulsory teaininq. (Kcc. December 8, 8.40 p.m.) London, December 8. The members ot the London Stock ExI change arc raising .£IO,OOO for tho National Service League propaganda on compulsory 1 military training. .£2OOO has been already collected. ALL PINES PAID. (Roc. December !), 0.25 a.m.) Sydney, December 8. All fines in connection with tbo Lith< gow striko were paid to-day. MEMBERS' SALARIES. Sydney, December 8. The 'state Cabinet lias decided to postpone for tho present the proposal to intrcaso members' salaries. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. London, December 7. The outbreak of foot-nnd-niouth disease in England is at an end. CHARGE OF ESPIONAGE. Berlin, December 7. The trial of Schulta, an English subject, on charges of t.-pionnge, is proceeding in camera at Leipzig. LIBEL DAMAGES J82500. London, December 7. The lion. Claude Hay, who was Conservativo M.P. for Hoxton from 1000 to 1910 was awarded .£2500 damages each, against the "Star" and the "Morning Leader" for libel during tho Hoxton election, by alleging that ho visited the schools for political reasons. BOTTOMLEY BANKRUPT., London, December 7. Mr. Bottomlcy, tho financier and editor of the journal "John Bull," has filed his own petition in Bankruptcy to protect his assets against litigants. A receiving order baa been granted. MAURETANIA AGROUND. London, Docembcr 7. A hurricane, which was particularly violent on the Mersey, was experienced yesterday. Tbo Cunard liner Mauritania, 31,937 tons parted from her anchor and drifted a distance of a mile, despite assistance from several tugs. She naa settled in tho mud, on a sand bottom. METAL WORKERS' BALLOT. Berlin, December 7. Tbomotal workers' ballot lacked the requisite majority in favour of continuing the strike, and the lock-out, of sevoral weeks' duration, has ended. THE DAY'S WAGE. London, December 7. The Coal Conciliation Board of tho federated districts of Groat Britain discussed the question of a minimum day's wage. It adjourned till December 1/ without decision. "NE TEMERE" DECREE. London, December 7. The Wesleyan Church Committee on privileges protested against tho promulgation of tho Papal "No Tcmoro decree iu a British Dominion, and asked the Government to protect the victims who might be deserted owing to tho decree inciting unworthy persons to repudiate their sacred obligations. MEAT AND BUTTER TRADE. Sydney, December 8. Mr. Arthur Kidman, tho "cattle king," declared that Australia is gradually losing her meat and butter trade with Canada and the United States, and that it is e;oing to New' Zealand, as th 6 result of tariff advantages under the reciprocal arrangement, lie protests against allowing the bade which was pioneered and built up by Australia to bo allowed to drift to New Zealand. FAMOUS LAWYER DEAD. London, December 7. Sir George Henry Lewis, tho famotm lawyer, is dead. CONSTITUTION OP JURIES. London. December 7. Tho Home Secretary, Mr. R. M'Kcnua, has appointed a committee, with Lord Mersey as chairman, to inquire regarding the constitution of juries, their qualification, and the mode of selection, with a view to introducing any amendments that may he deemed desirable. GRAIN YIELD OP MANITOBA. Ottawa, December 7. In Manitoba province, tho grain yield is 160,000,000 bushels-oats, 7*.000,000; barley, 30,000,000. > Tho yield is tho most prosperous for tho past decade. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC. Ottawa, December 7. A smallpox epidemic has broken out in the Quebec province. Half tho population is unvaocinated, although vaccina ation is compulsory. COMMONWEALTH NAVAL ADVISER, London, December 7. Captain F. F. Haworth Booth, R.N., has taken up his duties as naval adviser 'to tho Commonwealth High Commissioner. ; He is selecting officers for the Training College They will probably sail in January. BRITISH TRADE. . London, December 7. Tho Board of Trade returns for N<r voinbcr show that, compared with th» previous mouth, imports increased, by .£1,313,083, exports bv J.'1,088,f1G6, and tho re-exports by J.'375,023. TFuAIN-DISPATChFnG SYSTEM. Ottawa, December 7. _ In Montreal tho telephouo (rain-dispatch* ing system adopted in August last, when the Canadian Pacic Company abandoned tho unsatisfactory telegraph system, has been reinstated. HARVEST FORECAST. ; Adelaide, December 8. The official forecast of tho wheat yield of tho State is 20,680,000 bushels, or an avorago of 9.51 bushels per acre. NO PROSECUTION. Sydney, December 8. Tho Attorney-General (Mr. Holman) ha« decided not to prosecute in the oaso of the young man Broderick, who shot hia father at Goulburn in self-defence. HEAT WAVE IN N.S.W. Sydney, December 8. There is another heat wave. High tonw poratures are being experifinocd everywhere. CRIMPING STILL RAMPANT.' Sydney, December 8, A deputation from Newcastle declared that crimping was still rampant thero. Mr. Dacey, one of tho Ministry, promised to d*al with tho matter next session. THE TOTALISATOR, \ Sydney, December 8. The Totalisator Commission will sail for New Zealand on the 18th inst. tf conduct inquiries in the Dominion. ' A FRUITLESS SEARCH. Melbourne, December 8. Tho search for the derelict reported K have been seen by the steamer Mnnaro in the Great Bight sonio weeks ago has proved fruitless. .FOREIGN AFFAIRS GROUP. London, December 7. Mr. Noel Buxton, M.P. for Norfolk North, presided at a meeting of tho new-ly-constituted Liberal M.P.'s Foreign Affairs Group. Tho mcetiiifr resolved to urge the Government to _ take steps to liavo an understanding with Germmiy. KIT/LED BY LIGHTNING. Brisbane. December 8. A man named Jamieson was killed by lightning at Longreach. Six others were struck at MaHwn. find one killed.