GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1398, 26 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telecranh—Prosn Association—Conyric'nl 4 PENNY-A-WORD CABLES. Melbourne, March 2">. Mr. Hennikcr Heaton, of penny-post fame, declared tlmt he was confident Hint ho would livo to see a penny-n-word cable service operating in tho British Empire. SIMPLE-LIFE ADVOCATE FINED. Sydney, March 25. An advocate of the simple life, named Childley, has been fined A's for offensive beliaviour. Ho paraded the streets and addressed crowds clad in a nieagro costume, similar to a bathing outfit. BANK AMALGAMATION. London, March 21. The Bank of Africa and tho National Hani; of South Africa are arranging to amalgamate. [The Bank of Africa has a capital of .£3,000,000 (called up ,£1,000,000) and the National Bank of South Africa a capital of .£1,100,000, all wiled up.] SHIPPING LINE PURCHASED. London, March 2-1. The British India Steam Navigation Company lias acquired the licet of Messrs. A pear and Co., of Calcutta, who own live vessels, ranging in size from 2700 tons to GOOD tons gross. DEVELOPMENT OF FANNING ISLAND. London, March 2J. The Fanning Island Company, Limited, with a capital of .£200,0011. is issuing •£125,009 worth of share-. The object of tho company is to develop tho phosphates, copra, and coconut trade of the island. FISHING BOAT FOUNDERS. Madrid, March 24. A fishing boat foundered at Alnieria, on the Mediterranean coast. Twenty persons were drowned. UNREST IN THE ISLANDS. Sydney, March 25. The steamer Malaita, from the Now Hebrides, reports that the natives ore in a state of unrest, and Hint a mission boy has been shot. MOTORING FATALITY. Sydney, March 23. A motor overturned at liaiikstown, and Mr. John Sands, head of tho firm of Zollner, Ltd., was killed. Three other occupants of tho car had narrow escapes.