GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1436, 10 May 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright NAVAL CONFERENCE. (Rec. -May 10, 0.35 a.m.) London, May 9. ■Replying to Mr. J. Norton Griffiths (Unionist) Mr. Lewis Harcnurt, Secretary of State for the Colonies* declined lo ask the other Dominions to send delegates to the naval conference unless Canada wished it. SIR JOSEPH WARD. Sydnoy, May S. Sir Joseph Ward arrived in Sydney today. TASMANIA!? ELECTIONS. Hobart, May fl. The final figures of the election are in and lhe_ state of parties is as follows:—-Lib-erals, 15; Labour, 14; Independent Libera!, 1. CRUISE IN A SUBMARINE. (Bee. May 9, 11.30 p.m.) London, May 9. Mr. A. J. Balfonr and Mr. Winston Churchill cruised in .Submarine 1)3 below the surface at Weymouth, NO BLIGHT IN POTATOES. Melbourne, May 9. There is no Irish blight in late potato crops this year. This is attributed chiefly to the continued dry iveather, N.S.W. STATE IRONWORKS. Sydney, May !). Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labour and Industry, has reaffirmed tho Government's intention to establish State ironworks. PROTECTION OF BRITONS. Vancouver, May 8. A British sloop of war has sailed for the Mexican coast to succour nny Britons threatened by revolutionary excesses. RECOVERY OF STOLEN JEWELS. Paris, May B. The Maharajah of Alwar's jewels were recovered from the thief, described as a Briton, who, when arrested, admitted his guilt. OLYMPIC SAILS AT LAST. London, May 8. The steamer Olympic, sister ship to the ill-fated Titanic, has sailed for' New York. Prior to sailing a satisfactory boat drill was held. RUNAWAY TRUCKS. Sydney, May 9. Runaway trucks at Lithgow killed John O'Sullivan, an ex-gunner of the New Zealand Artillery, and seriously injured a 6econd man. HIGH PRICES FOR HAY. Sydney, May 0. A scarcity of forage is resulting in extreme price 3 for hay—the highest foitvrcnty years. THE NEW VACCINE. Paris, May S. Mr. Aloock, a Sydneyite, demonstrates that the new vaccine discovered consists of attenuated Jiving • typhoid bacilli. COMMONWEALTH REVENUE. Melbourne, May o. Tho Federal revenue for tho last nina months shows a large comparative increase. It is estimated that tho year will end with a surplus of a million and a half. AUSTRALIAN INSTRUMENTALISTS. London, May 8. Miss Winifred Purnell, the young Sydney pianist, and Mr. Godfrey Ludlow, the Australian violinist, piayccl before the Queen at Buckingham Palace.