GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1493, 16 July 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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HANLEY BY-ELECTION

i London, July 15. Mr. Arthur Henderson, Labour M.P, for Barnard Castle, on being interviewed, attributed the success of the Liberal candidate at Hanley to the lack of organisation by the Labour party and also to tho electorate's desire to keep tho Unionist candidate'out.

SUGAR CASE HEARING ENDS.

~ ,' , ■„ Sydney, July 15. The hearing of the Anti-Trust case against the Colonial Sugar Company has been completed. Judgment has been reserved for a week.

SEVERE WEATHER IN SYDNEY.

c , ~,_. Sydney, July 15. Stormy conditions with a heavy general rainfall continue, and shipping is sheltering. The weather is bitterly cold.

COURA TRAGEDY.

~ ~ . L Sydney, July 15. At- the inquest concerning the death at Coura of the jockey Phillips,.who committed suicide after murdering his former sweetheart, a girl named Rnynor; evidence was given that Phillips declared on the day of the tragedy that the girl had some jewellery belonging to him and if slio did not return it ho would "swing lor her.

SYDNEY-'FRISCO SERVICE.

. . , Sydney, July 15. A wireless message from tho Oceanic Company s Sonoma reports that that vessel is making a record journey across tho Pacific on her first trip in the now San service, , .

H.M.S. DRAKE'AT SUVA.

-r . Suva, July 15. H.-M.&._Drake, flagship on (he Australian station, has arrived from Sydney. Admiral Sir G. V. Kins-Hall anil the officers of'the ship will be entertained nt a social gathering on Tuesday evening.

SOUTH AFRICA AND THE EMPIRE.

„. _ .: London, July 14. Sir David do V, Graaf, South African Minister for Public Works and Post, and .telegraphs, who is representing South Africa- on the Imperial Trade Commission, on being interviewed at Southampton, said South Africa was anxious and willing to take her full share of the responsibilities of Empire.

MOTOR-CAR SMUGGLERS. ..''

' Paris, July 14. Smugglers in a motor-car attempted to rush over the French frontier near Tourcoing. • They used revolvers, but their way was barred. They effected-an escape, but abandoned half a ton of tobacco.

i S.S. PERSIA REFLOATED,

• , • Paris, July 14. Th) 9 P. and 0. liner Persia, which ran ashore near Marseilles, is now being unloaded. She is resting on the rocks amidships. Previous efforts to refloat her wero unsuccessful. Later* The Persia has been refloated. ''

A SIGNALLER'S MISTAKE.

New York, Ju1y..14. ■ people wore killed and many injured in a. railway collision nt Chicago, which is attributed to a mistake by' a woman signal operator. *

A SEVERE TORNADO.

New York, ,Tulr 14. A ■tornado-at Grand Rapids, Michigan, injured forty persons and damaged many buildings.

CRUISER STRIKES A WRECK.

Tokio, July 14., The French armoured cruiser Klcber, '578 tons, struck a submerged wreck, ,«nsiaining a hole amidships. SKo has been towed to Kobe.

AFRICAN LANGUAGE QUESTION.

Capo Town, July 1L Lord Gladstone, Governor-General of Kntith Africa., speaking at East London, said ho regretted thai the language- problem is still a diflicully, but does' not fear for the dominance' of the. English, language in spite of .any legislation.,

DEARER MEALS.

Sydney, July 14; Owing to the rise in wages the prices of ;he sixpenny restaurants have been raised :o ninepence. >• ■

COMPULSORY TRAINING. Sydney, July 15. Colonel Wnllack, Military Commandant for New South Wales, declares that compulsory training -will ho one of the biggest successes tlie. world lias eyer seen.

EAIN IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Perth, July 15. Rain has fallen over the wheat areas, and tli6f« have been washouts on tlu> Perth-Albany railway. ' . ■

NONCONFORMIST MINISTRY,

s London, July 14. Mr. Justice Joyce decided that the employment of. Nonconformist ministers or probationers by conference or on circuit* does not constitute employment within the meaning of the Act.

A MESSENGER'S THEFT.

Berlin, July 1,1. Hohse, the messenger employed by the American Express Com nam-, who was arrested on a charge of stealing ,£SOOO, .lias conlcs-eil (hat he buried 91,(100 marks (,£4700). The polite havo . .found the money.