GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1327, 3 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Bj TeleeTaph— Press Association—CoDyrieUt j • ACCIDENT;TO, A CEICKETER. •J :j j (Rec. January 2, 10.5 p.m.) j London, • January 2. j Faulkner, a South. African cricketed I broke his leg while playing Association football at Sir; Lionel- Robinson's house, •• Old.Buckingham, Norfolk.. ~. .... WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE..- ' j London, January 2. j Lords Crotnor, Curzon, Loreburn, andl j Harcourt will address a mass meeting at -\ the , Albert Hall in Opposition to'Woineri'S' * ' suffrage on February 28. j BADLY BUIJTvED. ,■'■.. ; '■ .; Sydney, January 2.= j At the Newcastle regatta two men pass- ; ed in_ front of ■ a cannon just '.as a signal';". I was tired. Both were badly ,. burned, and i one was taken to. the kcspitaL. .\-/.'.~.''i \ WBISCKS.. i Sydney, January .2. .'•'■..>' ' Last year nine . vessels wcro Wrecked ! on the New South Wales coast, and fifty-". •: one lives were lost. •.-, .. THE PRICE OF A HAIRCUT. ' Melbourne, January 2. All the- city and many of the suburban hairdressers have increased the price of a haircut to one shilling. The shav- , ; ii\g tariff still remains at threepence; The ; Hairdressers" Association has agreed to pay a minimum wage of ,£3. •■'■ ' ' .. ■ , .A KING'S SKULL. . • i Vienna, January J,' ; Tho skull which' was stolen, from a ; > vault in St. Mark's Cemetery, and with which some children were found playing •■■• ■; football, has been identified as tfiaf of King Alexander of Soma. - : RAIN AND CROPS. '.. .■*_ '' i.; Sydney, January 2. "| Thunderstorms which have fallen' over • j the greater part of the State have greatly-- i improved tho prospects of the maize crops, which in many districts wcro regarded asa failure. ''.'.'' ".'."'.'": ; CHILD JUMPS FEOM A TRAIN.' ,:, ' Melbourne, January C. .;' ! A little girl sprang from a train 'travel-; I Hug at full speed at Richmond ; She was uninjured. : . : DUKE OF CONNAUGHrs RECEPTION. : Ottawa, January 2. A thousand of the most representative people-of Canada attended-the-Duke of Connaught's Now Year reception.,. i .QUEENSLAND TRADE. ' ' . '• Brisbane,. January 5 Queensland's oversea- imports durintf last year totalled -,C4',i65",054r comp'arca with «jE3,857,740 during tho previous yw:i r. ■ Tho exports amounted to 431,933,012, coin' pared with ,£4,5i3,05G during 1010. ;