GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1308, 11 December 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tclczraph—Press Association—Copyright THREE FISHERMEN DROWNED. (Rec. December 11, 0.35 a.m.) Sydney, December 10. Three fishermen, named Watches, Laida\v, and Dowling, have been drowned by lie capsizing of a boat during a storm it Illawarra, on the- south coast. Two )thcrs mado gallant efforts to assist their Miupanions, and reached shore after a wo-milo swim, greatly exhausted. AUSTRALIAN POSTAL RATES. Melbourne, December 10. The postal rate l'or printed mattor sent 'roin the Commonwealth to New Zcaand and the Pacific Islands lias been ixed at a halfpenny per two ounces or .'ruction thereof. RED SEA LIGHTHOUSES. Rome, December 8. The lighthouses on the coast of tho tlalian Colony of Eritrea on tho Red ;'ea, which were extinguished shortly ifter tho outbreak of war with Turkey ire. now being illuminated again. COAL MINES BILL. London, December 8. Tho Coal Mines Bill was read a eeoond rime in tho Houso of Lords. HAILSTORM AT JOHANNESBURG. Cape Town, December 9. A disastrous hailstorm at Johannesburg has put an end to the drought. SEVERE GALE IN CALIFORNIA. New York, December 9. A wind storm lias wrecked communications between San Francisco and Southern California. One death is knowu to have occurred and a number of other persons are missing. GERMAN WARSHIP AGROUND. Berlin, December 8. The battleship Kaiser Wilhelm 11, 10,971 tons displacement, went 'aground during n, fog in tho I'lensburg Fiord, in Schlcswig-llolstcin. Her guns end ammunition.must be removed. : FASHION'S VAGARIES. Paris, December 8. Tho hobble skirt voguo has caused 20,000 work girls to bo idle, and a loss of i'Bo,ooo. RISE IN COAL PRICES. London, December 8. The Admiralty has contracted for one ind a quarter million tons of Welsh coal for 1912 at lGs. Gd. n ton. This is above tho price paid in 1910. FATAL FALL OF MARBLE. London, December 8. Francis Bevor, a sculptor's assistant, iras crushed to death at Kensington by i fall of eight tons of marble. NEW LINER FOR AUSTRALIA. London, December 8. Tho White Stnr Line is building an 18-000-ton steamer for the Australian service. She will bo of an improved Suevic type. [Tho Suevic has largo cargo capacity, and carries one class of passengers only.] HEAT APOPLEXY IN SYDNEY. Sydney, December 9. Yesterday's high temperature was responsible for a number of cases of heat apoplexy. ARBITRATION BILL PASSED. Sydney, December 9. Both Houses of the State Parliament have passed the Industrial Arbitration Act Amendment Bill. IRRIGATION SCHEME DELAYED. Sydney, December 9. A fault has developed nt Hie Burrinjuck Dam, delaying tlie application of water lor irrigation purposes for a year. HOWARD SMITH COMPANY. Sydney, December 0. The Howard Smith Company. Ltd., is issuing 250,000 pound shares, being tho balance- of the original 500,000 preference shares in the capital of the company, with tho object of acquiring steamers and for general purposes, including the purchase of the Caledonian colliery. SYDNEY'S LORD MAYOR. Sydney, December 9. Sir Allen Taylor has been re-elected Lord Mayor of Sydney for the sixth time.