GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1475, 25 June 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright 0 ■ BAINS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. I (Rec. June 25, 1.5 a.m.) Sydney, June 24. Useful rains are foiling over the greater', part of . tho State. A WET HOLIDAY. Sydney, June 24. ■ Continuous rain, spoiled the holiday though the football matches and the raccs attracted big crowds. WOMEN POSTAL OFFICIALS, Berlin, June 21. The Imperial Post Office is economising by substituting BCOO women for men in subordinate positions. A NEW ZEALANDER FLEECED. London, June 24. Confidence men have fleeced'. Mr. T. Jones, ii New Zealander, of ;E6OO.

WIRELESS CONVENTION. London, June 23. Dolegates to the Wireless Convention to tho number of 150, representing thirtyfive countries, visited Marconi's works at Chelmsford. ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION. Tripoli, June 23. During the transportation of iivo shells, ono exploded, killing an Italian ofiicer and seven bluejackets. Three others were wounded. OBITUARY. Sydney, Juno 24. Mr. Ernest Hume, the selector for tho Now South Wales Cricket Association, has died in Loridou from pneumonia. Ho was accompanying tho Australian Cricket Eleven oil its tour. SEQUEL TO SHOOTING 'AFFRAY. Sydney, June 21. Mrs. MaTgflret Biddle, who was shot in a street in Surry Hills on June 15, died on Saturday. Thomas Eynns, who formerly lodged with Mrs. Biddle, has been arrested in connection with tho case. SIR E. T. COOK. London, Juno 23. Mr. E. T. Cook, formerly editor of tho "Daily News" and other Liberal journals, has been knighted. AMBULANCE CORPS REVIEW. London, .Tnno 23. His Majesty the King, who is patron of tho association, reviewed 15,000 members of St. John Ambulance Corps nt \Vindtor, ioclmUiiff * u-uwtor of overruns representative;*