GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1547, 17 September 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Br ToleeraDh-Fresa Afifiociation-Conyrieht «. _ METHODIST HEADQUARTERS. (Rcc. September 16, 12 p.m.) ti. n i i ,r L ,°, nd ?. n ' September 16. The Central Methodist Hall at' We<tSo (wo has beeu C0I " plot ° l1 nt a cost of

RECOGNITION OP GALLANTRY. Copenhagen, September 18. lliree sailors, belonging to the British, Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, who rescued two sailors of the Russian Imperial yacht Standart.froni drowning, hav o been presented by the Dowager-Empress Marie of Russia with watches.'SYDNEY HOSPITAL. Sydney, September 10. Plans have been prepared for alterations anil additions to Sydncv Hospital costing ,£150,000. DROWNED IN A FLOODED RIVER. Molbourne, September 10. The Goulburn and Yea Rivers are in high flood. Two men named Esleu and Downey were drowned in crossing a flooded creek nt Taralgon through their buggy capsizing. ' INCREASED WAGES DEMANDED. London, September 16. Sixty-two thousand dyers, gas workers,; and labourers at Bradford are demanding an. advance to 7d. aw hour. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. London, September 16. • A proposal is afoot in the British Association by the Advancement of Science to hold ah Imperial meeting in London in 1916, and to invito the- leading scientists of tho Empire. .

• EXTENDED CABLE SERVICE. Sydney, September IG. The newspaper "Sun" publishes a new and largely increased cable service with an explanation that news published in "The Times" the same morning will bo cabled to the "Sun." by special permission. . \ . SUSPECTED ESPIONAGE, i London, September 15. Three Germans were arrested while photographing at Dover. Tliey gave satisfactory explanations and were released; PISHING BOATS SAFE. London, September 15. The ten fishing boats snnposed to have foundered in a gale at Butt of Lewis, Hebrides, at the boginuing of the month, have turned up snfely. DEBT V. MATRIMONY. Berlin, September 15. Walter Snell, an ex-Judge of (he Dresden- Court, charged with obtaining JJ300!) by falso pretences, pleaded that lie had hoped to redeem himself by marrying an American heiress. TREATMENT OF CANCER*. ' Berlin, September 15. At a conference of medical mon specialising in women's diseases the consensus of opinion was that surgery was the only effective panacea for cancer. WIRELESS FOE SUBMARINES. Paris, September 15. French submarines are being fitted with wireless apparatus. BRUTAL RUFFIANS. Paris, September 15. Two ruffians at Beziors wore sentenced to two months' imprisonment for setting fire to a dog on-which petroleum had been put. The dog set a child ablaze, and the youngster was fatally burned. The Public Prosecutor is asking the Court of Appeal to inflict a heavier sentence. BURIED TREASURE. Durban, September 15. Natives unearthed a bag containing six hundred sovereigns on the bonk of the Klip River. It is supposed to have been buried during the siege of Ladysmith. CHARGES AGAINST A MINISTER. , Sydney, September Hi. Mr. Griffith, Minister for Public Works, referred- to recent charges against him as a conspiracy. Ho had never, received money for his public services, beyond his salary; Members of various trade combines 'were trying to drive him out of public .life. He challenged them to all come.

HOT WEATHER IN SYDNEY. Sydney, September IG. Tlie weather is unseasonably hot and dry. There arc strong westerly gales and considerable damage has been done. CONGESTION TN SYDNEY.

Sydney, September Ifi. Mr. Carmichael, one of tho State Ministry, speaking at Freshwater, foreshadowed a decentralisation ]>olicy, and the creation of new ports to relieve Sydney. Differential railway rates were also spoken of.