GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1328, 4 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TcleimDli—Press Association—CopjriEhl '■ —$ . FIRE AT A LUNATIC ASYLUM. • (Rcc. January i, 1 a.m.) Ottawa, January 3. : A,fire at Toronto destroyed, pai't 'of a",., lunatic asylum containing eleven : nun-■■' ' dred'inmates. It is'believed that all''to-' "■'■ caped. ■■■..-.'. " '.'. ■' ,\, ENGINE DRIVER CRUSHED.'New York, January 3. A rotary snow-plough fell through a partly-burned bridge spanning a snowhlled gulch, at Yaldez, Alaska. The','cu-i ~- gineer was crushed' to death b3'neath.:the';v rotary. * ~" FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. . , London, January 3. ; Six thousand pounds has been collected for the 6tatue of Florence Nightingale to; bo erected opposite the Crimean Memorial in 'Waterloo Place. -• ' ' FEDERAL CLOTHING FACTORY. Melbourne, January 3. The Federal Clothing Factory has commenced operations. The building covers half an acre. The conditions'of em. ployment embody labour ideals. The factory closes for a fortnight at Christy mas to allow the employees an-'annual holiday on full pay. ~.<,. AVIATION SCHOOL. .' Sydney, January i. ■ The Aviation School at Penrith was opened to-day. The Postmaster-General * went for a flight. •'■ . . NICARAGUA LOANS. London, January 2. ■ Nicaragua has defaulted with its interest on loans. The Government is arranging ■with American bankers for a new.jloan. ', SIX SHOPS BURNED. Sydney, January 3. A fire'at Murrumburrah (230 miles west of Sydney) destroyed six shops in the business centre. ....... SMALL-POX.. ~ ■ . . ;. ; Port. Darwin, January 3. " . The steamer Taiyuan, from China, has a case of small-pox aboard. THE DELHI .'' ■'■ "Tangier, January :2, The steamer Delhi's bullion and specie by parcel post have fceen entirely recovered. ■ ':.'. •,--,' .CATTLE TICK. I-...,. Sydney, January 2. Fresh discoveries of cattle tick have been made in the Tweed JRiver district New South Wales. -