GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1414, 15 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

SUFFRAGETTES STARVE THEMSELVES. 1 London, April 13. Five imprisoned Suffragettes who had adopted a hunger striko have been released from gaol on. the ground of impaired jhsalth. OCEAN A-PISAGUA COLLISION. Berlin, April 13. The Hamburg Marine Court has held an inquiry into the recent collision in the English Channel between the P. and 0. liner Oceana and the German' barque Pisagua. The judgment was to the effect that the Oceana had contravened the rules of the road, and that the Pisagua was not blameablc. FIGHTING IN MOROCCO. In a conflict with Berbers on the Algero- . Moroccan frontier, tho French lost twentyfive killed and a hundred wounded. Tho Berbers retired leaving 190 dead. TUBERCULOSIS CONFERENCE. ' Rome, April 12. The International Tuberculosis Conference has opened. Thirty-three countries are represented. A REPORT DENIED. Panama, April 12. The report of the eruption at Chiriqui Peak is officially denied by tho Panama Government. PARLIAMENTARY REDISTRIBUTION. Sydney, April 13. The redistribution of seats in the State Parlisment is now completed, and is likely to result in considerable Changes in representation. Members aro spying; out, the land, and numbers propose to seek the favour of new constituents. ... LATE MR. T. DACEY. Sydney, April 13. There was a great representative gathering at the Stato funeral of the lnte Mr. Thomas Dacey, Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales, including the Governor (Lord Chelmsford). SYDNEY RAILWAYS. Sydney, April 13. The engineer-in-chief of tho railways declares that a circular railway through tho city is imperative to relieve the congestion of traffic. The limit of the present resources has been reached. AUSTRALIAN SENATE. Sydney, April 13, The Hon. C. W. Oaks, an ex-Minister of the Wade Cabinet, and Senator Sir A. J. Gould and E. D. Millen, have been selected as the New South Wales Liberal Senatorial candidates at the next Federal elections. SUGAR COMMISSION. Brisbane, April 13. 'A' witness in giving evidence before tho Jugar Commission declared that the Colonial Sugar Refining Company practically held the market. If other sugar was brought in ten pounds cheaper the company would still hold its own because it was so well known and its goods of such reliable quality. . . CANADIAN BANK ROBBERY. Ottawa, April 11. Three armed men "held up" tho bank it Lamby, British Columbia, and wounded the manager. The robbers were caught.