GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1348, 27 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

liy ToJogTapli— Preas Association —Copyright ——4 — NEW SOUTH WALES SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP. Sydney, January 26. The amateur 220 yards sprint championship of New South Wales was won by Redmond in 22 2-ssec. Madeley and Mulligan made a dead heat for second place. POLITICAL LABOUE CONFERENCE. Sydney, January 26. The annual conference of the Political Labour League has opened. The press were excluded. The president, in his opening speech, said the agenda was unlikely to give much trouble, as it dealt chiefly with tho same subjects as' last year. VICTORIAN GRAIN STANDARD. Melbourne, January 26. The f.a.q. standard for grain for the season has been fixed at 61JIb. per bushel. A SYDNEY HOLIDAY. Sydney, January 26. The weather was fine to-day for the Anniversary Day holiday.

BISLEY RIFLE MEETING. Ottawa, January 26. It is unlikely that a Canadian rifle team will bo sent to the Bisley me«tin2 as the use of the T!o c s rifle is prohiDlted by the English authorities. NE TEMERE DECREE. Ottawa, January 26. The Government has decided not to Hoal with the question of the Papal .Ne Temere against, mixed marriages in Parliament, but instead will take a case tQ the highest court. SYDNEY'S TELEPHONE SYSTEM. Sydney, January 25. A representative gathering of leading (commercial bodies protested against the ■unsatisfactory telephone system, and demanded sweeping radical.changes. OBITUARY. Melbourne, January 26. Mr. W. S. Cox, the well-known trainer, jh dead. SALE OF THE SAYONARA. Melbourne, January 2G. The yacht Sayonara has, been sold to Jlr. Ross, of Sydney. FREDERICK TEE GREAT. Berlin, January 25. The Kaiser took a prominent part in the celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of Frederick the Great. He addressed the troops at Potsdam. GOVERNMENT JOBS. ' London, January 25. In response to an invitation issued on the Bth instant, the Board of Trade has icceived 80,000 applications for appointments in connection with labour exchanges and the unemployment insurance proposals. GLASS HEEL FASHION. Washington, January 25.' Mrs. Longworth (Mr. Roosevelfs daughter) has introduced the fashion of glass heels to dancing slippers. She created a sensation at a ball, at which she also Ti)re white tulle shoulder wings. SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. Perth, January 26. Through a referendum the metropolitan electorates adopted Saturday as against Wednesday for the half-holiday. The alteration oporates as from February 1. ZANGWILL'S PLAY VETOED. London, January 25. The Lord Chamberlain has vetoed Zangurili's play, "The Next Religion." — : I MEDINA IN DOCK. Malta, January 25. The Medina's propeller fouled a cable •when entering tho harbour. The vessel has been docked. POWDER STOKE EXPLODES. Kulja, January 25. Hundreds of houses were destroyed, and many people killed awl injured in an explosion at a powder store at Old Suifun, in Manchuria. COUNT VON AERENTHAL ILL. Vienna, January 25. Count Von Aercnthal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, is seriously ill.