GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1477, 27 June 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telcgraph-Pross Association—OoDrrtarht KILLED IN SELP-DEFEXCE. . n \ , „ Sydney, Juno 26. • llio Court has found I hat Sergeant Dupi'Cii shot tli© demented hali'-easte'Coii-quist in -tho execution of his duty, ami whiio acting in self-defencc. [Connnist was the victim of huilucinations "tlmfc peoplo wore trying to Kill him. Tha police wero endeavouring to efl'eet lib ■ arrest at Adding when ho fifed on the sergennt, ivho replied.] "'OAS' EXPLOSION IN A TUNNEL. • ! . Melbourne, ,Tune 26. ... il! , ro ? 01 Metropolitan Board ot Works employees w«ro severely burned by an explosion in a tunnel, which IVv were cleaning out. A leaking gas main was tno ciiUK-o of tho .explosion, U.XI.S. CHALLENGER DEPARTS. • „„ Sydney, Jmio 2(1. ■ Tho 'warship Chalioiijor has dcnnrloi ior hng-lami. • LOATG WIRELESS DAY REACT;'' ' j, . Sydney, ,Tr.no 26; / Tho Pennant Hills wireless station, in enrrjing out day tosls, hcimi Hie dcanierwimmora off Napier, awl (lie warship '" I'loaeer in- Wellington Harbour, • . ■ RAILWAYUEN'S Il.of i!-< ' -' -'• , Sydney, Jmie'-SG.'- ; . Inn hours of tho railway shunters amisignalmen on tho Statebeen reduced from nine to eight," ami porters' wages havo been raised from - <s. (ill., to Sis. per day. i."'STJ?IKEKS CONGEATI'LATEII. '■" * , , Sydney, Jnno 26. ■ J. lie Interstate Labourers* Unions' ('oik fereiico has carried a resolution eongnifuintirig (ho Waihi ami Kec-ft-on miners on their magnificent light, in dei'enco of bono,lido unionism, sine! hoping that it will prove successful. ...

. SIKGJ3R-PROSECUTIONS.. ' " „„ . , Sydney, .Tune 2<S. ' lho jury lias failed io ajrcn in the easa 'against F. 1). Brown, Into Eonwal ma mi. gur of tho Singer Sawing Maclsino Company, who is chtirpsd with inciting to steal, destroy, and falsify books and pallors belonging to the company. The jury lias been discharged, tind Brown lias been bound over to appear at tho next sessions; i : -. VILLAGE DESTROYED. St. Petersburg, -June 25. destroyed by lire. Tlio village was similar)y destroyed tiro years ago. :■ POLITICIANS TO BE DEPORTED. A number of political oifimders, include in?' three priests, have been sentenced jo from ten to twenty years' deportation pin the colonics. . j'=: CONDEMNED MAX ESCAPES." ' Budapest, Juno 25. ' A man named Makkos,who was widcf i-cmence of death for murder, escaped from prison. Ho entered a cathedral at .yw&prem, and .was pursued :o High Altar during the celebration of .Mass and rc-cap. tiu-cd. . A GREAT SUXSPOT. New York, .lane 25. f Af-siinspot oovorinu 7S.fiP.OOO squaro, miles, has Ijeon discovered liv (lie l'.ickObservatory, at Mount Hamilton, Calii'ov-' Oiia. Efforts to pliotepraph (lie spot y.ra . proceeding, TELEOIiAPIIISTN, , Discontent is. again "nenfp throughout tin* .itdegiaphic service. 'Die chief grievances. nro the broken shift, and rntrn of pay. A movement is nl'oot to wrcniw united action, in. the event of failing to obtain J-edrevs ■ extreme action is throat- .. TIIE 'TOTAMSATOH. Sydney, June. 20. ,Hho. churches'arc organising; a publia demonstration against the introduction nt • lho totalisator. . > AUSTRALIAN STEEL. 'WORKS. % Sydney, June 28. Tho Drolion ITili Proprietary Com pan*' is about to establish large steel wcri« at Warataft, about four miles from Kw ;castic. . DRENXAX'S AMPIIITHEATRES. '' T . Tl * TOrfof ArnVhiihtatm, »-om tlio period of incorporation ,to March 21) shows a locs of .ClflSO. Sinco the lnst-men loned <talo the profits have more, than wiped out tho lossy . . STEAMER COLLISION* CASK. ' Admiralty ooisA°" m"4'nlc.r^'ln, November last.