GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1349, 29 January 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Bj .Telegraph—Press Association—Goprrighl

ROYAL RECIPROCITY. (Rec. January 28, 5.5 p.m.) Berlin, January 27. The Czar pardoned Vonstungner, who was convicted as a spy, and the Kaiser reciprocated, and pardoned Vinogrnddff. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. (Rec. January 28, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 27. Earthquake shocks were experienced in Perthshire and the Monmouth Valley. Hundreds of residents in the latter quitted their homes and remained in the street till daylight. No damage was done. DARING BANK ROBBERY. Vancouver, January 2C. Armed men held up the manager and several clerks of a suburban branch of tho Royal Bank nnd knocked down and stunned" one clerk who resisted. The robbers then herded all the clerks into a vault and escaped with a large sum of money. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. Melbourne, January 27. Fifty designs from all parts of the world" have been received in connection with the Federal capital competition. PUBLIC HEALTH. Sydney, January 27. The conference of the Political Labour League adopted the Health Committee's report in favour of the nationalisation of public health administration under a Minister of the Crown. KAISER'S'BIRTHDAY. Berlin, January 26. The Municipal Council, Solingen, Prussia, created a sensation by refusing to participate in tho Kaiser's birthday rejoicings, owing to the Socialist victories. CABLE SURVEY COMPLETED. Sydney, January 27. The cablo steamer Iris has completed her survey for tho New Zealand 'cable. STOLEN GEMS RECOVERED. St, Petersburg, January 2G. Gems worth .£IO,OOO, stolen from an effigy of tho Virgin at Czestochowa, Russian Poland, in 1010, were discovered in a jeweller's shop at Lublin, a town in ■Poland, sixty miles Bouth-east of Warsaw. . DESERTERS SENTENCED. Melbourne, January 27. The first court martial in tho Australian Navy has been held. Three deserters were sentenced. .DR. SOLF'S VISIT. London, January "B. Dr. Solf, German Colonial Minister, has returned to Berlin. His visit to England was a private one, and ho did not pay any official calls. STEAMER LAUNCHED. London, January 26. The Peninsular and Orient Company's steamer Bcltana has been launched at the Clyde. ANOTHER BATTLESHIP. London, January 20. The keel of the battleship Marlborough hns been laid down s.t Devonport. MRS. DICK ARNST. Sydney, January 27. Miss Williams, who married Dick Arnst, is a nurse, and sho attended Arnst during his recent illuess. THE ROSS RIFLE. Ottawa, January 26. It is unlikely that the Canadian team sent to Bislev is to use .the Ross rifle, which is prohibited by the English authorities.

BAND CHAMPIONSHIP. Sydney, January 29. T)id Kozollo Bund nus won Uie A grade band cbiuupiou&tiif,