GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1538, 6 September 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tolesranh—PreM A«eoelatlon—CanyrifM — __, . MR, TAFT ILL. Washington, September 5. Mr. Taft is ill with gout, as the result of spraining his ankle at golf. FRENCH DOCK STRIKE. London, September 4. Tho London and Soiilh-Westcrn Railway men are supporting the St. Mnlo dockers' strike, the object of which is to secure tlio reinstatement of a workman. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. London, September 4,.., • Dr. Cherry, Professor of Agriculture in the University of Melbourne, has, on behalf of the Commonwealth, thoroughly studied the methods of dealing with foot-and-mouth disease employed during' th« outbreak of tho disease near Dublin. London, September 5. An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred in Flintshire. A SEA PAGEANT. London, September 4. Tho papers eulogise tho performance of "Drake" at His Majesty's Theatre. They, fay that, while it is a splendid pageant, it performs a national service by acting as a reminder how England for the world the freetlom of tho 6ea. COMPULSION FOR CONSUMPTIVES London, September 4. A consumptive refused to enter the workhouse for treatment, and the magistrate, in nccordanco with tho St. Helen! Corporation Act, ordered him to hospital for three months.' This is tho first com< pulsory ease- under tho Act. PANAMA EXHIBITION Berlin, September 4, Germany is.projecting a largo'exhibit for tho Panama-San Francisco Inhibition, in the hope of capturing South American business. ■ THE KAISER'S TOUR. Berne, September 4. ■ Enormous'orowds at Zurich gavo an ova« tion (o the Kaiser. Tho Bundesrath (Federal Council) is giving a banquet in honour of his Majesty. The army, manoeuvres, which will bo attended by tho Kaiser, have opened at Kirschberg and St. Gall. CONSTANTINOPLE TRAGEDY. Constantinople, September 4. Montagu, a man who .fought, with tn.B Turkish army in Tripoli, and who was arrested for killing in'a Constantinople hotel a man named Ryan, described as a British subject born in Bagdad, has been acquitted. COMMONWEALTH BANK. Melbourne, September S. The Federal Government invites in Aus» tralia and New Zealand applications for tlio position of Deputy-Governor of tho Commonwealth Bank, starting at a salary of .£ISOO and rising to .£2OOO. , SHIPPING STRIKE ENDS. Paris, September 5. The Marseilles maritime strikers hav* resumed work. x ANOTHER CASE OF MAIMING. London, September .1, Another case of animal maiming is re* ported from Staffordshire.. Li tho Bilston district a pony was slabbed threo times. This is the ninth maiming caso that has occurred recently. WHERE NAPOLEON SPENT HIS EXILE. Paris, September 3. Prince Ruspoli, of Rome, has purchased for .£12,000 tho house at Elba occupied by Napoleon while he was in, exile on (lie island from May i, 181J, until February 20, 1815. I RAILWAY DISASTER. • Rome, September a. An express train collided with a goods train near Florence. Three peivons were killed and twelve injured, AUSTRALIAN TARIFF. Melbourne, September 4. Mr. Tudor, Minister for Trad? nnK Customs, replying to a question in the Federal House of Representatives, said it was not intended to reopen the tarifl question this session. QUEENSLAND LABOUR LEADER. Brisbane, September 4. Mr. David Bowman, who was spized by a sudden illness some days ago, lias iesigned the leadership of the' Labour party on the irrouud of ill-health, , '-.-