GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1519, 15 August 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Talesrauh—Press Association—Conyilght —0 ■ I GENERAL BOOTH UNWELL.

(Rec. August 11, 10.10 p.m.) London, August 14. troneral Booth is suffering from in•eoinnia, and his nervous symptoms are causing anxiety.

ALL-REE; ROUTE SERVICE. Ottawa, August 14 Proposals for a, subsidised Trans-Atlan-tic steamship line from Blacksod Bay, Ireland, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, have been renewed. •

FISHING VESSELS FOUNDER, , r ... Madrid, August 14. Many fislung vessels have foundered with their crews during a storm

. TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY. mi T- J* i Melbourne, August 14. *-, ™ f « ra L«? TOTnm ent has accepted tho West Australian Government's tender for a million and a half sleepers for tho Irans-Australian railway. FQOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. ;""'' , '• -London, August 14. Owing to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm at Stamullen," tho restrictions-have been extended, and the Counties of Meath and Louth aro now included. '

BANK LIQUIDATION. Melbourne, August 11. The creditors of tho Standard Hank of Australia, Ltd., have empowered tho directors to take tho necessary steps to Mind up.the institution. CANADIAN CADETS. Sydney, August U The Stato Premier, Mr. M'Gowen, has agreed to pay tho Canadian Cadets' fares to Melbourne, for which city they have departed. WELSH MInEcTsTRIKE ENDS. London, August 14. The colliery lampmen at Ebbw Valo have rejoined the Miners' Federation, and the striko has ended. ALLEGED SHIPPING RING. Melbourne, August 14. Tho bulk of tho witnesses before the Royal Commission on the Handling of Wheat, stated that if a shipping ring existed it applied only to wool, tallow, and meat, not to wheat.

RAILWAY FINANCE. Sydney, August H. The annual report of tho Railway Com. missioner shows a surplus of .€115,513, The total earnings amounted to ,£0,491,473, an increase of ,£44Q,2G8.