GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1341, 19 January 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Uj Telegraph— Vtesa Association—CoiiyriEbl — fr EARTH TREMOR. (Rcc. January 18, 955 p.m.) ; Sydney, January 18. An earth tromor was felt at Pambula and Cooina, on the. south coast, and houses shook and furniture rattled. [l'auibula is 40 miles north of Cape Howe, and Cooma is 95 miles N.N.W. of Cape Howe.l I , FIRE IN CHICAGO. New York, January 18. A fire broke out in a'- packing plant of ■ Messrs. Schelartschihl and Sulbergcr, I Chicago. The firemen confined the out- ' l>reak to one building, which was dc- > btroyed. * STEAMER POUNDERS. r Paris, January 17, The steamer Vanadis, from the Tyne i for Civita Yccchia, Italy, foundered, with r her crew of twenty-three, after - leaving , Pshaut. ; FIXTURE ABANDONED. > , London, January 17. a Owing to snow, the football fixture, - Australasian Rugby League team v. au - English League team had to be aban- [ doned. t _ * PATENTS ACQUIRED. r London, January 17. ;! A company with a capital of - has been formed in England fa acquire . the patents of the Permutit system of •, softening and purifying water, and the t JjUininat'or patents for preventing scale . in pipes and boilers. 1 5 -PURE POOD REGULATIONS. '. Sydney, January 18. i A regulation is gazetted under the Pure r Poods Act that no person shall spit, - smoke, or chew tobacco while engaged in I the manufacture, packing, or storing of e any food for sale. e T~ s NEW LINE OF STEAMERS. ' ~ Sydney, January 18. I The first of a 1 new line of steamers, chartered by Mr. Ballaiide, of Noumea, ' for trade between Prance, Australia, and 5 New Caledonia, has arrived. i THE SEAFIELD ESTATE. ? London, January 18. " The personalty of Caroline, Countess I ScafiWs estate is .£210,091. AUSTRALIAN MUTTON IN 3 GERMANY. i f ►- - DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS . s ' . . CENTRES. By Telesraph-Press Aesoclatlon-Copyright (Rec. January 19, 0.5 a.m.): 1 Berlin, January'lß. * Much interest is being shown in the u consignment of Australian mutton, which . has complied with the meat inspection s law, and has been distributed in various £ centres. Fifty members of the Butchers' | Guild at Chemnitz held a luncheon to test the meat, and pronounced it to bo t satisfactory. It has been sold at from - Bd. to 9d. a pound. s ' 3 '