GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1331, 8 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Uy Telenraph-l'ress As6qci>»tioii-00DTri|fh» DR. JAMESON. (Rec. January 7, 5.5 p.m.) ~ _ , London, January 6. . Dr. Jameson has sailed for Capo Town,': to take up tho Leadership of the Oppb ; sition. ' ' THE MILLION CLUB. .."'" ''" « urn- ~S > ! Jnnuary 6. At tho Million Club meeting, a h o n» was expressed'that wlien.,thocity-'s population had' reached I hat limit '(one million) tlie. total population' of the-State would 'bo between four and five millions. , A NEW SUBMARINE. ... London, January 5. Ino Admiralty has ordered to be built at Greenock a siibmariuo.of tho Laurenti typo, witli double null." A GREAT COUNTRY. ir i- ~.. r . :?Xdney,. January, (i. Mr. lung O'Mallcy, Federal Minister for Homo Allaire, speaking at a banquet, suitl that God had Riven Australians a. gi'f-at country, and that 'if they worked half as hard as the Canadians r .'all v would be million-•'•'. aires. In order to develop tho country they must get rid of (he antiquated crowd ami systematiso and organise. COLLAPSE'OE A SCHOOL. ' 'Madrid, Junuary 5. A 'school' at Sovillo collapsed." " Tim 1 bodies of the master, three school mistresses, and threo children have been recovered. Tho search continues. HIGH TIDES. '■ Sydney, January (!. Tho spring I ides in the harbour are exceptioually high. This is duo to a combination of astronomical causes. Many : of tho jetties are awash. AUSTRALIAN CADETS. Melbourne, January 0. • The total number of senior cadets re-i >'■ gistcrcd in the Commonwealth is 131,387. SMALLPOX. Port Darwin, January 6. There is only one case of smnllpos aboard tho steamer Taiyuan from China, ASSURANCE COMPANY.. Sydney, January P. An Australian 'Amicable Assurance' As." ' sociation is being formed. It is to have ' a capital of a quarter of ,1 million, divided into 500,000 shares, of ! which 200,000 will bo offered to the public. STEEL INDUSTRY. Ottawa, January 5. A deputation representing the iron and steel industry of tho Dominion demanded , that tho Government shall restore the steel bounty. The Governiuont lias been unable to givo insurances to that effect, NORTHERN TERRITORY. Melbourne. Januarv fi. Regulations aro being framed with the object of expediting the development of tho Northern Territory as 11 cattle-raising Country in preference to attempting tho ' establishment of tropical agriculture. bath-tub TAX.' Montreal, Januarv 5. Tho bath-tub tax, a relic of olden .times, ■ is about to bo abolished in Montreal. Its imposition was first made 'whim hatha - were luxuries for. the rich, ' '