GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1543, 12 September 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teleeranh—Pr»M Aeaoclation—CoorrifM ♦ . MELBOURNE COLLISION. Melbourne, September 11. At the inquiry into the recent railway collision at Spencer Street, it was decided that Campbell, the driver of the slow train, should be examined by an oculist.' The inquest has been adjourned until Friday. INFERNAL MACHINE EXPLODES. Constantinople, September 11. An infernal machine , exploded at the. Deiran fair, killing twenty persons and injuring thirty, many of them severely. ANGLICAN~TfJTONOMY. Sydney, September 11. The Bathurst Anglican Synod, by 37 votes to 22, passed a resolution in favour of autonomy for the Church in Australia. MUSKETRY RETURNS. Sydney, September 11. The musketry returns for New South Wales show an advance in the percentage of efficients of from 71) to 85. ROBBERY IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, September 11. Armed robbers attacked the Imperial Treasury at Novocherkassk, on the Don, and wounded the officials. The thieves escaped, stealing .£2200. LONDON SUBURB IN DARKNESS. \ London, September 10. Islington, a parish in the County of : London, was in darkness for several hours • owing to a slight accident at the power '. station. ; CHOLERA IN BATAVIA. Thß Hague; September 10. 1 Advices from liatavia state that cholera ' has broken out in the town. j SUNDAY THEATRES. ' London, September 10. A meeting of the theatrical profession hns urged tlie council of the Actors' Association to oppose the opening of theatres , and musie-lmlls on Sundays. j COTTON SPINNERS* WAGES. \ London, September 10. ] Twenty thousand ring spinners in the ' Lancashire cotton trade, chiefly females, ; have obtained a ten per cent, increase in wages. BOXING MATCH PROHIBITED. New York, September 11. i Mr. Dix, Governor of New York State, ( has prohibited the projected Macfarland- .-' Wolgast light-weight championship boxing / contest, which had been fixed to take 1] placo at Madison Square Garden. IMMIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALIA. Sydney, September 11. Tho Rangatirn has arrived from Lon- n don with 1100 immigrants for Australia. v li ROLLER SKATING RECORD. C Sydney, September 11. ' Harley Davidson, starting from scratch, \ won the mile roller skating race in 2niin. ' 52sec, an Australian record. A SUSPECTED CONSPIRATOR. Sydney, September 11. Acting on information fruni Scotland Yard the local detectives arrested at ono Jj of the leading hotel? a Russian supposed . to have been concerned in a conspiracy s ' case in Loudon. BRITAIN AND TIBET. j Calcutta, September 10. a An expedition is being dispatched to „ make roads in the Mishmi country ul Assam. II is believed that it is intended to di-covtir tho extent of Chinese iiillu- . ence in the direction of Rima, in Tibet. v