GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1310, 13 December 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrlffhl {»_ THE NEW FLAGSHIP, (Rec. December 13, 1.22 a.m.) ' Sydney, December 12. Admiral Sir G. I'. King-Hall has been advised that H.M.S. Drake, tho .now flagship for tho Australian Station, is to sail from Portsmouth on Monday to roplaco the Powerful. TIED HOTELS IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, December 12. Tho Legislative Assembly has adopted Mr. Minnhan's motion in favour of tho abolition of .tho tied hotels system. DR. PEACOCK RELEASED. Melbourne, December 12. Dr. Peacock, charged with the murder of tho girl May Davics, has been reloaded on bail, pending tho now trial. Bail was fixed at self in .£IOOO, and one surety of .£IOOO. EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION. London, December 11. Good progress is being made in Lnndou and the provinces in establishing tho United Kingdom branch of tho Empire Parliamentary Association. Tho active co-operation of municipalities and Chambers of Commerce has been enlisted by Lord Grey, chairman of the Executive of the Association. NEW ORIENT LINER. Sydney, December 12. ' The new Orient liner Orama, 13,000 tons gross, has arrived from London. OBITUARY. London, December 11. The death is announced of the Rov. Dr. Norman MacLeod, Principal Clerk of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. [The deceased was born _in 1635, aud was educated <il Glasgow University. Ho became minister of St. Columba's parish, Glasgow, in 16G1 and afterwards held various charges until 1906 when ho resigned his parochial charge.]

SYDNEY HOT SPELL ENDS. . Sydney, December 12. The weather is nxnv cooler after the recent hot spell. CANADIAN RAILWAY DISPATCHING Montreal, December 11. Tho Canadian Pacific Railroad Company denies a report that telephono dispatching on its railways has _ been abclished; on tho contrary, it will bo extended, as it is proving successful, . FIRE AT TUMUT. Sydney, December 12. Grill's stores at Tumut, 26+ miles southwest of Sydney, wero totally destroyed by fire. Tho damage is estimated *at .£13,500. Tho insurances amounted to ,£II,BOO. DERELICT AGAIN SIGHTED. Fremantle, December 12. Tho captain of the steamer Clan Macnaughton reports sighting the derelict which the steamer Mnnnro saw in the Great Bight some weeks ago, and which a trawler sent out was unable to locate.