GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1402, 30 March 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press A6Sociation-oopyrißht LONDON UNIVERSITY. , London, March 28. A further donation of .£50,000 has been received by tho London University. PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE. London, March 2S. Dr. Anderson Stuart will represent the Commonwealth of Australia at tho International Public Health Conference, to be held at York on July 29. DICKENS CENTENARY FUND. London, March 28. The Dickens Centenary Fund has eloped, the total subscriptions being .£12,000, assuring the grandchildren of the novelist (who are in need) an income of .£l5O apiece annually. INFECTION IN LINEN. Paris, March 2S. Professor Ponchot, director tof the laboratory of Council of Hygiene of France, lias made an important communication to tho Academic de Medicine, directing attention to tho virulent infectiousness of the sweat of consumptive patients, and urging tho isolation and dis- j infection of their linen. j RAILWAY STRIKE IN SPAIN. Madrid, March 28, Four thousand railway workers have struck for a 25 per cent, increase in wages. A NEW COALFIELD. Sydney, March 29. A new coalfield lias been nt Branxton, thirty-four miles from Newcastle. It is estimated to contain eighty million tons of coal. EX-NEW ZEALANDER FOUND DYING. Sydney, March 29. A man was found dying in Mosman under circumstances pointing to suicide. Papers found on him bore the name and address: "J. M'Cullough, Waipiro Bay, Now Zealand." PRINCE OF WALES. London, March 27. The Prince of Wales will visit Paris next week, and remain there for some months for tho purpose of perfecting his French. He will bo tho guest of the Marquis do Breteuil. TRADE SECRETS. London, March 2". Franz Winzon, a German, was fined wESO for endeavouring to induco velvet embossed workers at Leeds to diseloso trade secrets. A REPORT CONTRADICTED. London, March 29. Messrs. Houldor Bros.' and Co., Ltd., tho shipowners, contradict the report tbat they aro amalgamating with Messrs. i'lirness, Withy, and Co.