GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1520, 16 August 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telejtraph-Pre.se Aesociation-ConyriEht —e LOW RENT LAW WANTEIT. Sydney, August 15. A Tenants' Defence Committee has been formed with tho object of bringing pressure on 'the Government to legislate to limit vents. FIRE IN SYDNEY. Sydney, August 15. A fire destroyed Messrs. Anderson Brothers' perambulator factory at Surry Hills. The damage is extensive. CANADA AND GERMANY. Ottawa, August 15. Doctor Hammanen, secretary of tho German.-Cunud.iau Economic Association, is touring Canada with a view to fostering trade with Germany. SUFFRAGETTE HUNGER STRIKE. London, August 15. The English suffragettes imprisoned in Ireland have begun a. hunger/ strike. ROYAL VISIT TO GERMANY. London,. August H; The Queen and Princess Mary are visiting the Grand Duchess of Meelden-burg-Strelitz, at Neu-Strelitz. CANADIAN NAVAL POLICY. Ottawa, August 15. The suggested removal of (ho naval question out-sido Dominion party politics l is ridiculed in Liberal circles. FOOT AND MOUT.II DISEASE. (Rec. August IG, ,0.25 a.m.) Paris, August 15. Seventy thousand cattlo aro suffering from foot and mouth disease in the Saouu and Loire- districts.

• BIG NAVY FLOATING DOCK. London, August li. A floating dock for tho Admiralty has been launched at Birkenhead. It is able to lift a 32,000-ton battleship. HONOUR FOR GENERAL BOTHA. London, August H. It is officially announced that tho King has appointed General Botha to bo an. honorary General in tho British. Army. FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED. St. Petersburg, August 14. At Kieff, South-west Russia; heavy rains caused tho collapse of a houso. Fitteen. persons wero killed and twentynine seriously injured. GAS' §HABES REVIVE.. ' Sydney, August 15. The Australian Gaslight Company's shares are recovering, from tho slump caused by tho introduction of tho Gas Companies' Bill. Some have been sold at au-advance of 17s. Gd.

CARGO LOST ON WHARVES. Adelaide, August U. A. deputation from the Chamber of Manufactures informed the Premier that a quarter of a million pounds was annually lost on tho Commonwealth wharves through pillaging:.

LOCOMOTIVES CONTRACT. Adelaide, August 14. Tho Government has contracted with tho North British Locomotive Company, of Glasgow, for fifteen railway engines, to be delivered within nine months.

DEFENCE DEFAULTERS. , . Sydnoy, August 13. Tho campaign against cadets who have not attended their drills continues and many nro being fined daily. There were over a hundred in one batch at Padding-, ton. MIDLOTHIAN SEAT. London, August 13. Many Labour members of the House of Commons have promised to support tho candidature of Mr. Brown, of'tho local miners' union for tho Midlothian seat. SPORTSMAN'S MISADVENTURE. London, August 13. Dr. Sloan, of New Zealand, while shooting birds in Ayrshire, fired and killed a thirteen-year-old fchoolboy named Connor whom ho had not observed behind some bushes. MR. BRYCE HONOURED. Brisbane, August 13. Tho University to-day conferred on Mr. Brycc, British Ambassador to America, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. It was a brilliant function. THE ICING'S MOVEMENTS. London, August 12. His Majesty (he King is tho guest of tho Duke of Devonshire at Bolton Abbey, Hlciptou, Yorkshire.' A series of shootiiig visits will follow. TROUBLESOME ROYALISTS., Lisbon, August 12. Brazil has offered to pay the passaees of Portuguese Royalists in Spain. Tho Portuguese Government has thanked Brazil for its oiler, and bopes it will solve the v difticulty with Spain. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY. Paris, August 12. An express train near Boulogno killed William Anderson, tho eighteen-year-old son of Major-General Charles Alexander Anderson, C.8., Commander of tlio British Forces in South China. The tragedy occurred in tho presence of the lad's mother and his two brothers. UNSEASONABLE WEATHER. London, August 13. Tho inclement weather continues. There have been slight frosts in London and some of the Home counties. GERMAN PRINCESS ROBBED. London, August 13. Princess Frederick of Hesse, tho Kaiser's sister, was robbed of a ease containing valuable jewels at Victoria Station. Tho thief entered tho carriage while (he Princess was saying farewell to friends.. FAMOUS COMPOSER DEAD. London, August 13. Th« death 'is Announced of M. Jules Entile Frederic Massenet, the composer ami conductor, aged "0. Ho composed "Don Caesar de Bazan" and other operas. FIRE CRACKERS EXPLODE. Now York. August 13. At Auburn, Now York, Italians, who were celebrating a religious festival, used huge, liro crackers: An explosion occurred, five persons being killed instantly. NEW SOUTH WALES MOVING AHEAD. . Sydney, August 11., The population of New South Wales is 1,720,763, an increase on last, quarter of J8.13S This is a retord increase-