GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1388, 14 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

SUBMARINE A3 DOCKED. (Rcc. March H, 0.10 a.m.) London, March 13. Submarine A3, which recently sank with all hands after a collision near the Isle of Wight, has been docked, and the foodies removed. FISHING VESSEL LOST. Now York, March 13. Gales along the Pacific Coast aro endangering shipping. Four fishing vessels have been lost. The fate of the crews is unknown. ANONYMOUS DONOK, London, March 12. An anonymous donor hns forwarded £20,000 to Lord Esher to establish;! Professorship of Genetics (or eugenics) at Cambridge University^ AUSTRALIAN PAINTING. London, March 12. At a committee meeting of Australians in London, Sir George .lieid, the chairman, offered a mural painting for the Royal Exdiiuge delineiting the opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament by King George (then Prince of \\ ales), MR. LABOUCHERE'S ESTATE. • London, March 12. The lato Mr. Labouchere's English estate has been sworn at .CuS.'.flOO. [A previous message stated that the total estate amounted to J2,00D,0ti0.1 AUSTRALIAN PLAYWRIGHT. London, March 12. The newspapers publish fairly favourable notices of the comedy "The Humour of It" by Mr. Leon Brodsky, of Melbourne. The comedy is being played at the Court Theatre. STATE QUARRIES PROFITS. Sydney, March 12. The State metal quarries yielded a profit of £1801 for tho past six month?. DECREASE IN SUGAR AREA. Sydney, March 12. The Sugar Commission is taking evidence in the Northern Rivers district, the evidence disclosed a large decrease in the area cultivated, tho decrease being largely duo to the impossibility of securing suitable labour and also to the high cost ol labour, PRESS CONFERENCE. Sydney, March 12. The delegates to tho Australian Press Association Conference, to be held at Auckland, sail to-day. , Subjects lp bo discussed include copyright news items, improving facilities for the interchange of news, an all-red cable, and rival press cable services.