GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1404, 2 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph-Prow Association-Copyright <> AUSTRALIAN-BUILT DESTROYER. ~„ , , „. Sydney, April 1. ine destroyer Warrego, which was put together locally, has satisfactorily completed her short-distance speed tests.

LITHGOW STRIKE. Sydney, April 1. A meeting of the Lilhjow strikers decided by a small majority to accept the proposed agreement with Messrs. Hoskins, the proprietors of tho ironworks. \ ballot will be taken. AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS REVENUE. Melbourne, April 1. The Customs excise and revenue for the Commonwealth for the nine months ended March 31 shows an increase of .£130,000 upon the estimate. THE GEORGES' PRESENT TO THE KING. > London, March 31. Lord Curzon, Lord George Hamilton, and Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for. Australia) presented the King with a badge of the Order of the Garter, studded with diamonds, on behalf of tho Georges of tho Empire. SIR CORNTHWAITE RASON.

London, March 31. Sir Cornthwflito Rnson, formerly Premier of West Australia, lias been selected as the second prospective Unionist candidate for York at the next clcc- . tion. ' WIRELESS TOWER BLOWN DOWN. Berlin, March 31. The wireless tower at Potsdam, which wins 650 ft. high, and was regarded as a remarkable engineering feat, was blown down during a gale. UNDERGROUND RAILWAY FLOODED Berlin, March 31. Tho tube railways continue to be flooded owing to (he caving in of a tunnel under the River Spree. There is 12 feet of water in the tube. POOR WHEAT CROP. ' Melbourne, April 1. The wheat crop for 1911-1012 totals 20,591,877 bushels, an average of 0.05 bushels to the aero, against 31,813,000 bushels (average 111) in the previous year. ADELAIDE STRIKF, ENDS. Adelaide, April 1. • The strike of phosphate workers lias ended. The strike organiser announced at an open-air meeting that the men had been beaten. OBITUARY. London, April 1. The death is announced of Mr. Henrv Varley, the evangelist. |Mr. Vmrley paid a visit lo New Zealand a good many year's ago in the course of an evangelistic tour.]