GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1396, 23 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telcirraph—Prcsa Asnoclatlon-CoDjrlEhl 4 FIRE IN TOKIO. (Rec. March 23, 0.55 a.m.) Tokio, March 22. A fire, originating in a largo Yoshiwara establishment, destroyed seven hundred houses and numerous go-downs. OIL STEAMER OVERDUE. London, March 21. The German-Australian steamer Augsburg, overdue from New 'iork to Natal with a cargo of oil, has been reinsured at 10 per centum. CADETS ON TOUR. London, March 21. ' The. League of Entire's entertainment at the St, James's Theatre for th« Amtralian Cadets "resulted" in a profit of £100. BRITISH BY-ELECTION. London. March 21. Mr. Henry Keswick (Unionist) was returned unopposed for the Epsom (MidSurrey) seat. Tho vacancy was caused by tho death of the sitting member, Mr. W. Keswick, father of Mr. Henry Keswick. ! KAISER TO VISIT AUSTRIA. Berlin, March 21. Tho Kaiser will visit the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary on Saturday next. OPORTO EXPLOSION. Lisbon, March 21. One of the persons injured at Oporto by the recent "bomb explosion admitted that he had been engaged in manufacturing bombs, and that while experimenting with time fuses someono accidentally substituted a loaded bomb for an empty one. BOMBS IN PEKING. Peking, March 21. Two hundred bombs wcro discovered in a house in this city. FATAL QUARREL OVER CAKE. Sydney, March 22. A fifteen-year-old girl committed suicide at Murwillumbah after quarrelling i with her brother over a pieco of cuke. PROFIT ON BRICK'S. Sydney, March 22. The manager of a brickmaking firm, giving evidence before tho Public Works j Committee, declared that Sydney brick-1 makers cleared a profit of from 100 to 150 per cent. SENTENCE OF DEATH. Brisbane, March 22. George Silva, a Cingalese farm labourer, was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Maud Citing at Alligator Creek on November 17 and sentenced to death. A VALUABLE NUGGET. Sydney, March 22. Two prospectors at Mudgec have found a nugget containing 120 ounces of pure gold (about .6500).