GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1409, 9 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TeloEraph—Press Association—Copyricht ] 9 ! ] FIRE AT KALGOORLIE. , (R-ec. April 0, 0.55 a.m.) , Perth, April 8. 'A firs destroyed Messrs. Montgomery's Jrapery store at Kalgoorlie. Thq dam- ' age is put at £6000, but is covered by insurance. AGAINST DISESTABLISHMENT. London, April 8. Liberal 'churchmen, including the Bishops of Birmingham, Hereford, Lincoln, and Bishop Welldon, have memorial- ' ised Mr. Asquith, protesting against Dis- < establishment:. i 1 EASIER IN SYDNEY. u Sydney, April 8, < The tramway traffio in the city to-day | pas a record, no fewer than 1,015,000 pasJengers being carried on the cars. MARCHIONESS OF LINLITHGOW, London, April 8. The Marchioness of Linlithgow has given birth to twins. She and the children are progressing favourably. PIEE AT IPSWICH. London, April 8. A firs at Ipswich', which commenced in a bedding factory in Princess Street, de- , gtroyed twenty houses, a . hotel, and a jeweller's Bhop. The damage is estimated iat between £100,000 and £200,000. A BOY ELECTROCUTED. Perth, April 8. • r A' lad named Robert Crichton, while playing on a dump at Hannan's Consols ' mine, Kalgoorlie, came into contact with v a live wire, and was electrocuted, Death jvas instantaneous. HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANTED. Berlin, April 8. Head Professor. Payr, of, Leipzig, has transferred a piece of the thyroid gland from a healthy mother to an idiot child, who waa completely cured in a month. BULL AMONG MOTOR CYCLISTS. ' London, April 7. During motor cycle reliability trials across Dartmoor, a bull charged one of the competitors ' and held up twenty 1 others. IRISH CASTLE DESTROYED. London, April 1. The historic Gibtetown Castle, County Meath, haß been partially burnt down. The damage is-set down at £40,000, FOOTBALL BANNED. Berlin, April 7. Bavarian scholars under the age of jeventeen years me prohibited from playing football, on the ground that they are reokless and play too roughly, the possible effect being a coarsening of their RAISER'S GIFT TO BRITISH ARMY COLLEGE. Corfu, 'April 7. : The Kaiser has eent his portrait to the Staff College at Quetta, British Baluchistan. COLLIERY DISASTER THEORY. Sydney, April 8. An examination of the Killingworth mine, Newcastle, proved that the Commissioners' theory that tho explosion in December, 1910, when damage was done to the extent of £25,000, was caused by fire in a sealed-off portion of the mine, is wrong. No trace of fire wag found there. ■ Work at the mine will restart immediately. . ' ' JOCKEY 1 INJURED. Sydnay, April 8. As a result of th® falls in the Nursery, Handicap, Jockeys Bolton and Shanahan were injured, &nd hove both been removed to the hospital. LAWN TENNIS. Sydney, April 8. In the Interstate lawn tennis matches New South Wales defeated Victoria by 137 games to 82. . CYCLONE' IN QUEENSLAND, (Rec. April 9, 0,55 a.m.) Brisbane, April 8. A oyolone occurred at Innesfail on SunHay afternoon when 201 inches of rain fell. The telegraph lines are down, and the particulars to hand aro meagre.