GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1345, 24 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

uy icicffrapn—rrcss Association—Oopyrich# -— $ ASTRONOMER'S CONTENTION. (licc. January 23, 9.35 p.m.) London, January 23.' ll o . Maunder, Sii]>eriiitenaoiit of the Solar Department of tho lioyal .Observatory, in a lecture at tho . Victoria Institute, contended that the earth was the only planet yherein animals and plants were ablo - to exist. OBITUARY. mi , !, • Sydnoy ' Janual T 23. Iho death is announced of tho lion, George Lee, M.L.C. MISHAP TO A MEAT CARGO, m . London, January 23. The steamer Wilcannia; from Sydney, with a large shipment of frozen 'meat, has arrived at Natal and is discharging nvo hundred tons of frozen cargo owing to a breakdown in her refrigerating machinery in, No. 1 hold. The sound portion of the cargo has been placed in a warehouse. FIRES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. , ' Sydney, January 23. A bush fire in the lilnc Mountains has destroyed a number of beauty spots. HEAT WAVE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. ~ , . Sydney, January 23. .Many high temperatures have been registered in the country, Brewarriin with 118deg. Fahrenheit topping tho list. BRUSSELS SUGAR CONVENTION. m , Vienna, January 23. Iho sugar manufacturers of Hungary and Bohemia have urged their delegate at Brussels to resist Russia's demands for tho revision of the sugar convention. BINGARA TRAGEDY. Sydney, January 23. It is reported that a man lias been arrested in Sydney to-night in connection with the Bingara tragedy. The police are reticent. RAIN BADLY NEEDED. mi , „ Sydney, January 23. Jhe long spell of hot, dry weather is being seriously felt throughout the 'State. Rain is badly needed. There arc bush fires in many of the districts. CYCLING RECORD. Adelaide, January 23. Birtles, the overland cyclist, 'cycled fro'n Perth (1975 miles) in "twenty and a half days. The previous record' was 27 days 15 hours. FOUR MINERS KILLED. , . Berlin) January 22. lour miners used a coal lift in a mine at Gelsenkirchcn, contrary to tho regulations. The rope broke and the men wero killed. SCARCITY OF HORSES. Vienna, January 22. J-hero is a shortage of horses in Aus-tria-Hungary. Since 190S, 200,000 have been exported. INSURANCE AMALGAMATION. Hobart, January 23. ( lhe London and Lancashire Insurance Company has entered into agreement with tho Dorwont and Tamar Fire and Marino Company, subject to confirmation by its shareholders, lo acquire the latter 'company's business. BEET SUGAR PRODUCTION. London, January 22. Herr F. O. Licht, the well-known sugar expert of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, states that the production of beet sugar in Europe, shows a decrease of 1,570,000 tons. His estimate that tliero will be a total fallinp off of 1,855.000 tons for the season remains uiiallered.