GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1394, 21 March 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TeleßraDh—Prcai Anßoclatlon-Cocyrlßlil _4 TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY. Melbourne, March 20. Tho Minister for Homo Affairs has authorised the calling of tenders for sleepers for the Trans-Continental railway. Two million three hundred thousand will be required. THE "FREEMAN'S JOURNAL." (Roc. March 20, 11.25. p.m.) London, March 20. The "Freeman's Journal" has passed to the control of the Nationalist Committee. Mr. Sexton, the chairman, is rotiring. MRS. IRELAND'S ESTATE. Sydney, March 20. The will of the lato Mrs. Ireland, of! Auckland, Ims bee:) passed for probate. The value of the New South -Wales estate is JC49.605. MARCHIONESS OF CREWE ILL. London, March 19. The Marchioness of Crewe, wife of th« Secretary of State for India, aud a daughter of Lord Roscbery. has undergone an operation for appendicitis. Sh« is progressing .well.

MYSTERIOUS DEATHS. Berlin, March l! 1. Six deaths, similar to the Berlin municipal shelter cases, have occurred at Golsenkircheu, Prussia. [Over MO persons were poisoned at. tho Berlin municipal shelters in December, 70 of them dying. The cause was mysterious, but tlio doctors were inclined lo ascribe tho deaths to alcohol poisoning.] CITY PROPERTY SALE. Melbourne, March 20. Tho properly occupied by the New Zealand Government Office, with a frontage of 32ft. to Collins Street, has been sold for .£20,000. RESTAURANT PRICES RAISED. Sydney, March 20. Owing to tho increased cost of food, a majority of tho restaurant-keepers ara raisiug tho prico of meals by 3d. aud Gd. AS OTHERS SEE US. Sydney, March 20. Mr. H. B. Irving, tho. actor, who mado a special study of the crime and drink question in New Zealand, expressed .surprise that Prohibition was gaining ground there, because, compared with tho United Kingdom, New Zealand was a sober country, consuming only half tho quantity of liquor per head, : r"v»" ■■"■■ "t\z