GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1324, 30 December 1911, Page 14

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Bj Telegraph—Press Association—Oopjrtehi PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS. > Sydney, December 29. Eight shipmasters have been fined a total of ,£I2OO for allowing prohibited immigrants to enter Australia. FIRE BRIGADE WAGES. . , Sydney, December 29. Tho'Fire Brigades Board has increased tho pay of the men by a shilling a day, and lengthened their holidays to a fortnight yearly. The board Ims alr-o considerably" augmented the stall' of firemen. WARSHIP'S EXCITING TRIP. Sydney, December 29. Serious defects .ire- reported in the boiler tubes of'the cruiser Prometheus. The vessel, which' recently left for China, reached Port Darwin after an exciting trip through Torres Straits. JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Tokio, December 28. Tho Emperor, at the opening of tho Japanese Diet, emphasised Japan's friendliness towards the Powers. DEFERRED CABLE RATES. London, December 28. The Enstern Extension Company's deferred cable wto in Austnlasia applies to public messages. GERMAN AMBITIONS IN AFRICA. Berlin, December 28. Several Gorman ncrspipcrs aro favonrnbiv discussing the suggestion of Herr Dolnrueok. Secretary for the Interior, that England should not block Germany's legitimate aspirations in absorbing Portuguese and African colonics. -NICARAGUA'S REVOLUTION. ■ ■ : - Nicaragua, December 28. Two Nicaraguaii Cabinet Ministers aro reported to bo. implicated in tho revolution." . '■ ' ' AUSTRALIA'S NEW CAPITAL. ' Melbourne, December-29. The sum of .£600,000 has been-placed on the Estimates for the resumption of land in' the Federal capital territory. : .' COMMONWEALTH OFFICES. Melbourne, December 29. The-Federal Cabinet has decided to proceed with .ho acquirement of the Strand site in London,.and the erection ot Com'mduwealth offices. .NEW. SOUTH WALES OAT CROP. Sydney, December 29. Statistical-returns show that there are 242,611 acres -under oats in New < ..South Wales. . The yield is estimated at l, ( lo,000 bushels of oats, and 180,000 tons of hay. COAL VEND CASE. , Sydney, December 29. As appeals axe likely to. be .entered in the cases of all the defendants in tlje Coal Vend case,' one will probably be treated as a test case. | . | i 1