GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1474, 24 June 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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PRINCE OF WALES. London, June 21. Tho Prince of. Wales has returned for his coming-of-age birthday to-morrow. IMPERIAL DEFENCE. London, June 22. At Mr. Asquith's request, Lord Haldane *rill remain a member of the Committee of Imperial. Defence, despite bis retirement as Secretary for War to take up tho Lord Chancellorship. : AN IRRIGATION PROJECT. Sydney, June 23. Air. Beeby, Minister for Labour, has announced that next session he Iwill introduce a Bill providing for the utilisation of the Murray River waters for irrigating 400,000 acres of, land at present lying useless owing to the want of water. COMPULSORY SERVICE. , London, June 22. The Stock Exchange is raising .£IO,OOO to promote tho agitation to make Territorial service compulsory, and improve the force generally. ." CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN. London, Jute 21. Captain Amundsen has been awarded tho Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Livingstone gold medal. •SCOTTISH MINERS' WAGES., , London, June 21. The neutral chairman of the Scottish Coal Conciliation Board has granted the miners an increase of sixpence per day. : ' A PRINCE TO THE RESCUE. Berlin, June 21. Prince Joachim, whilst cruising at Kiel, rescued the crew of,an overturned boat. POPE AND MOVING PICT ORES. I Rome, Juno 21. Ths Pope witnessed at the Vatican a kincniatograph representation of the inauguratiou of the Campanile of St. Mark's, at Venice.

AN EXTRAORDINARY MURDER. .Rome, June 21. A man, bound alive to a wheelbarrow, was hurled into the sea at Savona, near Genoa, and was drowned. A:: dynamite cartridge exploded, but did not injuro liife, though" the surfaco of.tho sea wns littered with fish, ti tlio result of tho cxplosita/ — Tlie deed is attributed to revi'iifro. There is no clue to the-lierpetra-tcrs. • : CONSCIENCE MONEY. Ottawa, June 21. As an indirect result of the Titanic disaster, an extraordinary amount of con-science-money has been received by the Customs Department from people who are (Obliged to cross tho Atlantic regularly. THEFT''OF JEWELLERY. Melbourne, June 22. Jewellery .valued at .£350 has bee® stolen from a house in St. ICilda Road. LAND TAXATION. Sydney, June !3. Mr.. Beeby, Minister for Labour, has foreshadowed additional, land taxation for tlio breaking-lip of large areas close to the railways, and suitable for closer settlement. RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS. Sydney, June 22. The Sydney Uuiversify authorities hare decidcd to award scientific research scholarships not to o.sceed .£l5O per annum, tenable for one year. DEATH SENTENCES. Perth, June 22. I'hoinns Hilcha and Candiom Coldftvorii, two Manila, men, who murdered Constable Fletcher during a scuffle in a bote! at Broome, have been sentenced to death. Two Malays were acquit'cd. UNREST IN" CHINA. Peking, June 22. unrest at Canton is increasing, and the Chinese arc sending" their treasure to foreign settlements for safe keeping.