GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1354, 3 February 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Bj Telegraph—Pr«»» Awooitttioa—Cef/riehl « AUSTRALIAN MILLIONAIRE. Sydney, February 2. ' Probate has been granted the will of the late W. R. Hall. The value of his New South Wales estate is sworn at JE2,311,000. OBITUARY. Now York, February 1. .. Edwin Rawley, president of the Min-neapolis-St. Louis Railroad, is dead. HOMEWARD BOUND. Gibraltar, Fobruarf 1. The steamer Medina, with their Majesties tho King and Queen on , board, has sailed for England. BRITISH COURT IN MOURNING. London, February 1. The Court will go into mourning for five weeks, owing to the death of the' Duke of Fife. ORCHARDS DAMAGED. Adelaide, February 2. Bush fires have swept miles of country and hills. Great damage lias been done to the orchards. TRADE COMMISSIONER FOR SYDNEY. London, February 1. At the instance of Mr. M'Gowen, New South Wales Premier, the Board of Trade will establish, in April next a branch of the Trade Commissioner's officc in Sydney. ' U.S. PRESIDENCY. ■ New York, February '1. Chicago Republicans who. favour Mr. Taft's nomination are laying plans to start a . movement, in his favour. FANNING'ISLAND., London, February 1. Nothing is known officially of the Honolulu report that Great Britain is fortifying Fanning Island as a coaling station.BRITISH LABOUR EXCHANGE. , London, February 1. During 1911 employers notified 261 Labour Exchanges of 757,109 vacancies, and tho exchanges filled 589,770 places, in addition to finding 125,300 others odd jobs. MOUNT LYELL RETURNS. - , Melbourne, February 2. . Mount Lyell returns for. December 28 to January 21 inclusive, show that 10.2G7 tons of ore treated produced 408 tons of blister copper containing. 403 tons of copper, 25,1600z. silver, and 510oz. gold. . . INVITATION DECLINED. .; Cape Town, February 1. The Rugby Football Board has declined New Zealand's and New South Wales's invitation owing to the shortness of notice. EIGHT PEOPLE DROWNED. Berlin, February 1. ; Through a collision between a ferry boat ana a cargo boat in a blizzard at Hamborn, eight people were drowned. * FEDERAL CUSTOMS REVENUE. Melbourne, February 2. The Fcdoral Customs revenue for seven months has increased by w£538,138, as compared with tho same period of tho previous year. INCREASED WAGES DEMANDED. Sydney, February 2. Two hundred day labourers employed by tho Public Works Department have struck for an increase of Is. per day. MEXICAN INSURGENTS. Elpaso, February 2. General Gomez has been proclaimed provisional president of Mexico by the garrison which revolted, from Jaurez. A BIG I'IRE. ' Ottawa, February 2. | . A fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia, destroyed the Arcadia Sugar Refining Company's plant, doing damage to the extent of a million dollars (*£200,000). 0110 employee it EuaaiDa. I