GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1548, 18 September 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Tolegraph-Pr»B« A6«oclation—Copyright 9 ADVERTISING BY FORTUNETELLERS. London, September IG. The police have forbidden the advertising of palmistry, crystal-gazing, and clairvoyancy. One. hundred and fiftv establishments in the Bond Street district are threatened. NEW ZEALAND-BOUND STEAMER GROUNDS. ■ Sydney, September 17. The Underwriters' Association has been adviied that the steamer- Westnieath, which was en route to New Zealand, grounded at Liverpool. Sufficient cargo is being discharged to enable the vessel to dock. MR. PETER BOWLING. Sydney, September 17. Mr. Peter Bowling has been elected Keneral secretary of the Illawarra Coal Miners' Association. * SMALLPOX IN SCOTLAND. London, September IG. There are several cases of smallpox at kirkcaldy. The disease is believed to. have been introduced in a shipment of Russian flax. EXAGGERATED REPORTS. London, September 16. Mr. Norton, of Queensland, states that the report regarding South Australian meat shipments to Germany have apparently been exaggerated a • thousandfold. COUNTRY HOUSE BURNED. London, September 16. A fire occurred at Carden Hall, Colonel Holdswortli's historic seat in. Cheshire. The inmates escaped in their night iittire. Jewellery and pictures were destroyed. The loss is estimated at .£60,(100. FIGHT WITH A SNAKE. Berlin, September 16. A twenty-six foot snake in the Prankfort Zoo eiideavoiiTcd to encircle and crush one of the keepers who was feeding it. Foiled in this, the reptile buried i(s fangs in Hip keeper's arms. Some other keepers rushed to (he man's assistance. They held the snake, while other men tore tho limb from its jaws. TEACHERS' UNIONS. Paris, September 16. The Minister for Public Instruction (If. Steeg) has dissolved seven teachers' unions out of twelve. The rest have tcfused jo obey or be converted into friendly societies. FIRE *IN~SYDNEY. Sydney, September 17. Messrs. Taubman's varnish factory has been gulled by fire. The damage is set down at .£3OOO. FLAVINIUS LAME. Sydney, September IS. Flavinius is lame, after running in the Chelmsford Stakes, and has been scratched for the Epsom and Metropolitan. Tho "Telegraph" states that ho has probably finished his racing career.

PROJECTED CRICKET TOUR. ' London, September IC. One of Hie Mnryleljone Club's officials states that it is improbable that Kir Abe Bailey will be allowed to take a cricket, team'to Australia.