GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 26 August 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By T»loeraph—Pr«sa Association—CoDyrieht

ACCIDENT ON A WARSHIP. ' (Rec. August 20, 0.25 a.m.) London, August 25. A boat was being lowered from tho bat. ticship Superb at Portland, when the falls gave way, precipitating seventeen men into the sen. Two sailors were drowned. Five officers leaped overboard and assisted in saving the remainder. A SECRET BURIAL. _. . London, August 21. Iho parish authorities secretly buried Murray, the perpetrator of the Eastbourne tragedy, and his victims. Murray's real identity is unknown. [Murray, who led a double life, killed VOT, an au<l tnreo cliildrcn in a house at Eastbourne. Ho also attempted to take tho life of a second woman. He finally committed suicide.] AMERICAN ELEPHANT POACHER, m. , . New York, August 24. , ~V l f American, James Rogers, who was Killed by a. British expedition while at tho ?. i °, f i l , l>art y ot elephant poachers in Central Africa, proves to have been identical with a noted gambler, who, during the ¥ukon gold rush, ran a saloon blown as Monte Carlo," and made- and lost fortunes nightly. Ho was a man of commanding personality. Ho was shot and wounded during ,i dispute in tho Yukon, his assailant being tried and sentenced. THE KAISER UNWELL. mi t- . . „ Berlin, August 25. Iho Kaiser is suffering from a cold, and will be prevented from attendin" the I manoeuvres in Saxony. BORTHWIcirpEERAGE. „„ lr . , Lsndon, August 24. Ihe King has transfcrrcu tho peerage about to bo conferred on the late Sir lliomas Borthwiek, Bart., at tho time of his death recently, to ins heir. ALLEGED INSURANCE FRAUD. '~ t, . , London, August 23. Mary Friedman, or Hickfang, was ordered to bo extradited on a char-o of obtaining =£3000 by n forged instrument, on a policy issued at Capo Town by Iho Colonial Mutual Life- Association of Australia. BUTTERFLY COLLECTION. , r T. , „ London, August 23. ir™ Atlams > the entomologist, ha 1 ? bequeathed to tho South Kensington Museum 150,000 butterflies of tho value of. .140,000.' INSURANCE ACT GRIEVANCE. - , London, August 23. Lmployers on the Clyde have declined to consider the engineer apprentices' demands for the payment of their insurance premiums by the employers unless work is resumed. Many of tho apprentices have resumed. FOREST FIRES. o'. , , Paris, August 21. bonous forest hres have occurred at Ityeres, on tho South Coast, and tho Sana- «£« 1. vo I;CDn threatened. Detachments of 150 troops and 200 sailors have been lighting tho flames. YELLOW FEVER INFECTION. ■p.-,. o • . Paris ' August 23. fifteen Syrian emigrants landed at Cherbourg trom America, nicy travelled overland to Marseilles while suffering from yellow fever. SEAMEN'S STRIKE ENDED. m, „ . Paris i August 23. J. no' Alessageries-Maritiincs seamen havo accepted the company's offer of arbitration, and the striko is ended. MURDER PLOT ALLEGED. New York, August 24. An alleged plot to murder Mr. Ben Johnson, a member of (ho House of Representatives for Kentucky, has been disclosed. Mr. Johnson had been prominent in connection with proposed legislation ftflcctinz the district of Columbia, and had incurred much civio enmity in Washington. •" GOVERNORSHIP OF BOMBAY. mi „ , . Bomha y. August 21. the Govcrnship of Sir George Svdenham Clarke has been extended for six months, when Lord Chelmsford, at present Governor of New South Wales, will succeed hi in. Sydney, August 25. Lord Chelmsford states that there is no foundation for the statement that lie Has been appointed Governor of Bombay. SOUTH AFRICAN MAIL CONTRACT. m , Capo Town, August 23. , Ino new mail contract fixes the fruit xcight at the flat rate of 40s a ton for rpples, plums, grapes, and nectarines, md 2.D3. for citrus fruits. A DISPUTED ELECTION. „. v , ~ Melbourne, August 24. the Elections Disqualifications Commil:ce of the Legislative Assembly, rooming, the petition of Sir Henry Weedon igninst the return of Mr. Alfred Alexnder l'arthing for East Melbourne, passed i resolution that Mr. Farthing himself, md by agents and other persons on his >ehalf, was guilly of illegal practices. DEFAULTING CADETS. „, _ , , Melbourne, August 21. . The Federal Defeneo Department has tailed to trace ten thousand fourteen-vear-old boys who are known not to have registered under the compulsory training clauses of the Defence Act. PONY'S LONG FAST. Melbourne, August 24. A pony disappeared from a paddock at Ballarat, and was found thirty davs Inter ■ ,? wn ,i sh . att - H W!, s alive, arid with difficultly it was hauled to tho surface. It had been foodless throughout, but rain had provided it with- drink. FREE EDUCATION. ... ~ ~ , Sydney, August 24. Mr. Urmichncl, State Minister for • Eden, has announced that Dorlinghur-d ■ Gaol will shortly be vacated and 'Ivans- < formed mlo a high wliooi. He declares I that in future boys will bo iilile In pass ' from tlin finnlleM. primary school to the ' univwatv. free of. charge' Jy