GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1529, 27 August 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TeleßraDh—Prow Aesociation-CoDraiiht 9 ■ , l THE KING AT BALMORAL. London, August 25. King George has gone to Balmoral Castle. QUEEN RETURNS FROM GERMANY. London, August 26. The Queen and Princess Mary have returned from Mcckleuburg-Strclitz, and . are proceeding- to Balmoral. THE KAISER'S ILLNESS. Berlin, August' 2G. The Kaiser is suffering from a, (slight chill with a touch of rheumatism. EJECTMENT OF THE PURITANS. London, August 25. Sermons in many Nonconformist churches to-day referred to tho 250 th anniversary of tho ejectment' of tho Puritans from tho Church of England and the birth of Nonconformity. FLEET OF OIL STEAMERS. London, August 25. Messrs. S. Pearson and Son, Ltd., havo ordered _ twenty . tank-steamers, costing three million pounds, to convey oil from tho Mexican oilfields, in which they ore interested. VICTORIAN IMMIGRATION. London, August 25. Sir John Tavcrner, Agent-General for Victoria, in an interview, detailed tho results of Victoria's immigration scheme. Ho paid a tribute to the shipping companies for providing considerable accommodation for ordinary third-class passengers, and thus contributing to tho development of tho Empire. INSURANCE ACT DISPUTE. London, August 25. Apprentices on the Tynesido have struck as a protest against deductions being made from their pay in connection with tho Insurance Act. MINERS' WAGES. ' ' London, August 25. Northumberland miners havo obtained an increase in pay of 2£ per cent. "HOTBEDS OF DISAFFECTION." Paris, August 25, The Minister for Education has circularised the Prefects, ordering them to suppress teachers' unions,.which havo become hotbeds of disaffection and a discredit' to secular teaphing. PLEASURE BOAT UPSETS. Paris, August 25. A pleasure boat, containing seven post- ; men, upset on tho River Somme. Four i were drowned. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. ! * Brussels, August 25. ' A train at Chatelineau was derailed, and went over an embankment. Several ' persons wero injured. ( ITALY AND ARGENTINA. ; Rome, August 25. \ A decreo has been issued permitting " the resumption of emigration to Argon- < tina. BURGLAR'S EXTENSIVE HAUL. j Rome, August ,25. i Count Sormani's residenco at Milan was I entered by burglars, and .£4OOO worth of coins and .£SOOO worth of jewellery stolen. A CALLOUS MURDERER. < Berne, August 25. ] A police dog traced a murderer to a ' ballroom at Alstetteu. Tho man confess- ] cd that ho murdered a young girl at tho ' outset of the same ball, the cause being < jealousy, and that after leaving her at a ' distance from the ballroom ho then re- ' sumed dancing. ' i A PERSIAN RAID. i Teheran, August 25. \ Tribesmen at Bunder Abbas raided tho j premises of several British subjects. ( A MILLIONAIRE FREAK. J . - New York, August 25. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vandcrbilt gavo i a freak entertainment in a specially-fitted si theatre. There wero a thousand guests, s The entertainment cost ,£SOOO. 1 t TRAIN BANDITS' MISTAKE. a New York, August 25. -P Three armed masked men at Cleveland, * Ohio, intended to rob an express train, ' but held up a freight train in error, j They secured only a small sum of money. ' : CANADIAN DESPERADOES. l Ottawa, August 25. i Six desperadoes held up a bank in tho n Cedar Cottage district, and then escaped ) ; in an automobile with XlflO. They fired wildly in tho streets, and a fleeing by- |, •lander was wounded. ( ATTEMPTED TRAIN-WRECKING. \- Winnipeg, August 25. 0 A dastardly attempt to wreck a Cana- h [linn-Pacific: train was discovered in the I Komarno district. The rails had been c removed from tho track, and tho spikes p .Hid bars were missing. A regular patrolman noticed the attempt in the nick of time, and warned the oncoming (rain. ' A COFFIN UNEARTHED. « Sydney, August 20. p During demolition work at the corner ~ )f Clarence and York Streets a coffin eon- (V aining a few bones was unearthed at a 'j' leplh of six feet. In tho early days ,a n Military hospital occupied l.lio site. , v AMERICAN "CROOKS" IN SVDNEY. ',' r Sydney, August 20. m The police slate ilmt numbers' of swell I; American "crooks" have arrived, and aii> <.' iperaling in Sydney. Two were arie.-ied II iml sent hack, and two others wero warn- H ■d to leave. Ix