GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

> Uj- l'clefraph—l'rcsa Assoclation-OoDj-ricbl " »■ , BRITISH RAILWAY FARES RAISED * (Roc. December 21, 0.10 a.ni.) 0 London, December CO. la order to moct the higher wages, tho , railway companies are increasing iara 1 by a per cent. J SWANSEA VALLEY FLOODS. - 'm, c i l L , t ! ntll! !2' December 20. . Xhe Swansea Valley floods aro subsiding. Iho datnago amounts to i'Bo,ooo. 1 NEW HUDDART-PARKER COMPANY. I m, , Melbourne, Decombor 20. t The- sbaro list of the liuddart-Parker--1 now company has been closed. The proj posed capital of a million and a half was j largely over-subscribed. 5 ~ EGYPTIAN JOURNAL SUSPENDED. t mi , Cairo, December 20. iho Nationalist journal "Alalam" has ' been suspended for throe months for pul>- - lislung violent articles agaiifct tho Govt erumcut. f j A SYDNEY CARNIVAL. ; Sydney, December 20. ci ?- p Carnival hold at tho • Stadium in Rushcutter's Day -in aid of the hospital, was crowded, and was cont tjuued throughout tho night. [ FEDERAL POLITICS. 1 Melbourne, December 20. i .'"Inlh1 nlh icderal Houses aro working at high pressure in view of the Christmas adjournment. The Estimates aro under ■ consideration in the House, and thfl ■ Senate has passed tho Loan Bill. | LONDON MUNICIPAL REFORMERS. London, Deoember 13. Mr. Cvnl-Jackson. M.A., lias sue cceded Mr. William Hayes Fisher, M.P. for iulliam, in tho leadership of tho municipal reformers ou Iho London County Council. CIVIL ENGINEER'S DIVORCE CASE. , London, December 19. uhomas Ormiston Chant, civil engineer, who returned from New Zealand in 10.0.5, was granted a divorce from his wife on iho ground of misconduct with Captain Robert William Barling. Damages amounting (o J2OOO were awarded petitioner. THE HOBBLE SKIItT. December 10. Ihe Ministry of Commcrco sovorclT pondemus hobblo skirts, and urges tlin't if they continuo to be worn Pan's M*ill cease to bo the centro ol' fashions. WABASH RAILWAY. m , Now York, December lfl. Iho application of the Westinghoum Air lira to Company at St. Louis, asking lor the appointment of receivers for tho Wabash railway, lias boon granted. POLICE OFFICIAL SHOOTS A PUGILIST. New York, December If. A former prize-fighter named "Billv" Smith quarrelled with tho Chief 'of policei at Saint Louis, who shot Smiih, probably fatally. The Chief of Police roccntly married Smith's divorced wifo.VICTORIAN SAVINGS BANK, m, , Melbourne, December 20. The State Savings Bank Bill has been passed through, all its slopes. It provides for entering into relations with the existing banks, and making them agents ol the Stato Savings Bank. Seventy additional branches aro (o ly opened. A DANGER TO SHIPPING. \ , n , . Sydnoy, December 20. Iho surveying ship Sealark has locatod a dangerous rock ofT Cairns, on the Queensland coast, in tho steamer roate. HEAT IN SYDNEY. Sydney, Deccmbor 20. Another heat wave was experienced in the c-ity yesterday. Hie fire brigade nttended thirty-seven tiros, mostly small, but the number constatutes a record. CON SUMPTION DECRE A SING. Sydney, December 20. ino town clerk's annual report declares that compulsory notification of: consumption has had beneficial results.," rimre has been a noticeable falling off of tlic diseaso in Sydney. ?' OBITUARY. ' London, December 10, The dealh is announce 1 of Mr. George Robert Milne Murray. F.R.S. wlui aet<-d as scientific director of th« National Ai l. arctic Expedition of 1001. P'lie late .Mr Mv.mr wt,t her,, 1858. 11l ISS2 lie was appointed I.t-ei-Botany at St. Gem-go's Hospital \|.v mm School. lour'vein's later in- ' the West Indies n* Xrtni-aIM Solar hclipse Hxpcdil-inn. ( | S o- <: mo.V lie was keener of. I In. |Vv.,..|, of Botany, in the British Museum]