GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 17 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Uy Telegraph—Tress AEBociatiaa—Coprricht . $ ; THANKSGIVING SERVICE. (Rec. January 16, .11 p.m.) London, January 16, The King and Queen aud Queen Ale* ' audra will attend a thanksgiving scrvio* 1 at St. Paul's on February G, DISCOVERY OF COAL SEAM. * Melbourne, January 16. A tllrec and a half feet seam of coal . lias beeu discotered at Wonthoggi, u.t . a"depth' 'of;10D0ft. *•. *, "..I " * "V* ; STREET CAR ROBBED. i • Vancouver, January 15. Two armed men held up a street cal • at night time, aud robbed both the con--1 duel.or aud jnotormun. Tliey shot the, 1 conductor, ,wounding ,him slightly, and 1 > then dashed oft' in an automobile. Tin • police chased the robbers in other auto 1 mobiles, but- unpccessfuUy. »i < s A RIFLE-SIGIITIXCr DEVICE. ' London, January 15, The naval and military authorities aw testing a ride-sighting device invfented by " Sergeant Ommundsen, a King's Prizo--1 winner. For the invention it is claimed > that it the necessity of judg- " ihg 'tto. distance. <" . SWEPT TO SEA. 1 St. Petersburg, .Tanuaiy 15. | One hundred and nine fishermen near i the mouth of the River Volga vrero swept' , to sea on an ice-floe. ; A SOCIETY SCANDAL. 1 London, January IS.' LientcnankColoncl the Hon, William Lawson, youngest son of the first Lord ' Bumhavn, has divorced his wife. Lord ' Hamilton of Dalzoll was co-respondent 2 No defence was put forward. JATS MAPS. ' Sydney, January 16. : It is noticeable that visitors from th« • Japanese warships are extensively pur> " chasing maps of Sydney. { PREMIERS' CONFERENCE. Melbourne, January 16. r Tho Premiers' Conference opens to-rnor- . row.- Important matters concerning the 1 relations of States and the Commonwealth 1 will be discussed. 1 — s SUCCESSFUL RECITAL. 3 Vienna, January 15, Miss Mary Puddy, an Adelaide pianista, J gave a successful recital here. : CHARGE OF CARD-SHARPING. , Berlin, January 15. I After the expiry of a nine mouths' sentencc, Wolff "Jetternicli was re-arrested at the prison door oil a charge of cardsharping. ■