GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1332, 9 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telecraph— Frees Association—Gopyrictal THE LATE MR.. JUSTICE COHEN. (Rec. January 2, 11.30' p.m.) i Sydney, January 8. Many tributes have been paid to thi late Mr. Justice Cohen, reference being made to the great loss the State has sustained by his dentil. ,' LAND SETTLEMENT. Brisbane. January 8. : Tho Lauds Department reports that' last year 6,261,719 acres were selected, being nearly half a million above tho previous year. DESTRUCTIVE STORM. Sydney, January 8. A storm at Collarendabri demolished , the buildings at the, racecourse, unroofed" a number of houses, and did other damage. ■ , ■ A TOURING FOOTBALLER. London, January 7. R. Craig, a member of tho Australalasian football team now touring Eugand, has joined the Aston Villa Club. , HEAVY MINERAL EXPORTS.. ' Sydney, January 8. The value of minerals exported from Broken Hill last year was tho record sum of ,£3,101,000. SUGAR-BEET IN ENGLAND. London, January 7. An Anglo-Netherlands Sugar Corporation, with a capital of ,£400,000, has been formed for tho purpose of cultivating.' sugar-beet in Eastern England. ' . BOTTOMLESS BANKRUPTCY. London, January 7. Mr. Horatio Bottomloy has lodged a sworn statement that his liabilities' total .£118,720 and his assets .£121,100. CRICKETER INJURED. Adelaide, January 8. Macartney, the New South ■ Wales cricketer, suffered a rinsty wound on the head through a net pole falling while he was practising. Ho was compelled to retire from Saturday's match. RADICAL CREED BETRAYED. London, January 7. Mr. A. J. Balfour, speaking-at Had- * dington, Scotland, said tho Government hud betrayed the ancient radical creed in regard to economy; it was Multiplying public offices wholesale. SUICIDE. Cairo, J<iuuury "• Theodora Rodocanachi, head of the ■ prominent English iirni of RodoeiiiMni and Reynolds, has committed (.uioido. JAPAN STUDYING COLONISATION, Naples, January 7. A Japanese Commission uuder General Oshmisi has arrived here, 'l.'he object of tho commission is to study European methods of colonisation. ■•' -, !'• ALLEGED MURDERERS ARRESTED. New York, January 7." ' Two men named'Staccy and Itubenan have been ■ arrested, ut Los Angeles, charged with tho murder of Mrs. kauflnanu while returning from a Chicago theatre. FAULKNER'S INJURY NOT SERIOUS. London. January 7. .. The newspaper "South Africa" states that Faulkner will be able to play in the Tests. His injury is less serious than at " ', first reported. ' ■ RECORDER OF SWANSEA. ■ .; London, January 7.' Mr. W. St. Williams, M.P. .for Carmarthen, hus been appointed Recorder . of Swansea. This necessitates a by-dec- ■ lion for Carmarthen. CHARGE OF FORGERY WITHDRAWN. Paris, .January 7. The case against (lie man charged with' cashing by meiins of forgery the cheque for .EIOOO subscribed for the French' ■. . =,« aviator, M. Vedrines, in Great Britain, vi*j in recognition of his fino performance in tho "Daily Mail" race in July, has been withdrawn. SECRET SERVICE PAPERS STOLEN. Berlin, January 7. The safo of tho cruiser Stettin, containing secret service papers, has been robbed. FOREST FIRES. New York, January 7. A forest fires prevention organisation is being formed in Montana, with a view , to arranging tho cstablahivent of wireless stations throughout 'ho State to gire warnings. TRAIN COLLISION. Paris, January 7. Through a collision of suburban trains at Bondy, nine passengers wero killed and seventeen injured. A CLERICAL APOSTATE. , „ Sydney, January 8. The Rev. Geer, curate of All Sainte Church, has renounced Hie Anglican religion nnd joined tlui Catholic Church.