GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1515, 10 August 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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BROOME TRAGEDY. Perth, August 9. Tho death sentences pasted on Thomas Hilcha.and Cnndiom Coldtrom, two Manila men, who murdered Constable Fletcher during a scufflo in a hotel at Broome, have been commuted. FUNDS FOR LONDON DOCKERS. ~,, , Sydnoy, August 9. J. he secretary of the Labour Council has cabled .£125 in aid of tho London dockers. AUSTRALIAN CADETS. _ Melbourne, August 9. The Inspector-General of the Military I'orces, in tho courso of Ms annual report, says that there are instancea of senior cadets who have passed, who by no human possibility could dovelop sufficiently in time to be available to pass for tho citizen forces.

COURT APPOINTMENT. - ■ London, August 9. hori Saye and Sole ha-s been appointed to succeed the Earl of Liverpool, Governordesignato of New Zealand, as Comptroller of Ins Majesty's Household. .THE LATE DUKE OF FIFE. m , London, August 9. The body of tho late Duko of Fife lias been deposited in, tho vault of the chapel at Braemar. ATLANTIC CROSSED IN A LAUNCH. London, August 8. The motor launch Detroit crossed from New York to Queenstown. in twenty-one days sixteen hours. Tho weather was stormy. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. ' London, August 8. Tho Argentine lms given ffio Royal Geographical Society .£IOOO towards establishing new headquarters in Australasia, and a provisional promise of another ,£iooo. MISS MARIE LOHR, London, August 8.. The marriage of Miss Mario Lohr, tho well-known actress, is announced. A'MINISTERIAL TOUR. London, August 8. It is announced that the Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for India, M.P. for the Chesterton Division of Cambridgeshire, goes to India, in October for four months. RAILWAY VICTIM. Paris, August 8. The victim in the railway accident at Labatul, was named Sanders, not Fanford. [It was stated yesterday that Panford, an English jockey, bad been killed in tho accident.] CANADIAN CADET TOUR. . Vancouver, August 8. A special appeal is being made to obtain 1170 dollars, tho deficit on tho High School Cadets' tour. Captain Davy telegraphs that he needs 1500 dollars. HAWIIAN STRIKE. Honolulu, August 8. The strike of masters and mates on the Inter-islaad Steamship Company's boats is still unsettled. It is costing the Inter-island Company 5000 dollars (,£1000) doily. ' ' SIX MONTHS , IMMIGRATION. Melbourne, August 9. For the six months ended .'nine 30 81,252 persons arrived in Australia, again*! 65,243 for the samo period in 1011. The departures numbered 40,467, -.gainst 31,£62. AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Melbourne, August 9. Captain Mortimer L'E. Silver, of the Royal Navy, hns been appointed to the command of tho cruiser Melbourne, the first of the largor warships of tho Australian unit to be commissioned. ■ LIFEBOATS FOR ALL.

Sydney, August D. Tho Peninsular and Oriental Company's new steamer Medina, 12,000 tons, has arrived. She carries twenty-four life-, boats, sufficient to seat all the people on board. SUGAR COMPANY CASES. Sydney, August !). Pending the appeal in the first case,the hearing of the charges against tho' other directors of tho Colonial Sugar Company has been postponed. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REVENUE. Adelaide, August 9. The State revenue for tho year amounted to .£1,450,789, showing a surplus of .£175,739.