GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1559, 1 October 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

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OBITUARY.

London, September 30. The death is announced of tho Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Frederick William Ricli- . ards, who served on the Australian Station in the early 'fifties. [Tho deceased Admiral was barn iu 1833. and reached Hag rank in 1882. Ho served in the Zulu and Boer Wars of 1879, and in tho Burma campaign of ISSS. He was at different times iu command on the East Indies, Cane of Good Hope, and China Stations, and served three terms as a Lord of tho Admiralty.!

HOT SPELL IN SYDNEY.

Sydney, September 30. A spell of hot weather is now beine experienced. The temperature to-day reached 88deg. Fahr. in the shade, which is the highest recorded since March 25 last.

NEW FRENCH BATTLESHIP.

Paris, September 29. The battleship Paris has been launched at Toulon.

CHINESE MUTINEERS KILLED.

Peking, September 30. Tho Republican troops surrounded a house outsido of Wnchang after the fight, and killed six of the soldiers implicated in the recent mutiny.

PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA.'

11ui wr rnuooia.. Peking, September 30. Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the Kaiser, on his arrival from Japan, was given a reception at Tsiug-tau by Dr. Sun Yat Sen, tho Chinese Republican leader.

GALE'S COMET.

London, September 30. Gale's comet, which has been under observation for somo time iu Australia, is now visible here.

PLAGUE JASE IN BRITAIN.

London, September 30. A sailor on a Hamburg steamer has died from plague at the Tyne.

RUSSIAN MINISTER IN BRITAIN.

i ondon, September 29. M. Sazanoff, the Russian Foreign Minister, is spanaiug tho week-end at Crewe Ilall, Crewe, as the guest of the Marquis of Crewe, Secretary of State for India.

RECORD SHIPMENT OF SPECIE.

London, September 29. Tho Union Castle liner Kinfauns Castlo has brought to Southampton £1,224,365 worth of specie, a record consignment from South Africa.

- ORDER OF THE BATH.

London, September 2D. Tho King has changed tho regulations of the Military Companionship of the Bath to admit youngov naval officers to the Order. .

COTTON-SPINNERS' DEMANDS.

London, September 29. The Operative Spinners' Amalgamation is discussing the Brooklands agreement. They ask for an advance of from 5 per cent, to 10-per cent, if a fair test shows that frequent warping and breakages are duo to inferior cotton.

EJECTED SOCIALIST LEGISLATORS.

Berlin, September 29. Herr Boreha.-lt was fined one hundred marks,. and Herr Leinhardt, snotlier Socialist, fifty morks, for resisting expulsion from the Prussian Diet in May last.

1500 PERSONS HOMELESS.

Paris, September 29. A village in the Province of llajunga, Madagascar, has lieon burned. Fifteen hundred persons have been rendered homeless. ,

FIRE IN CALAIS.

Paris, September 29. The Chaoiber of Commerce warehouses at Calais were burnt. The damage exceeds half a million francs (.£20,800).

SIR GEOR'aE REID IN BOSTON.

New York, September 29. Tho Australian High Commissioner in Ixindon, Sir George Roid, represented the Commonwealth of Australia at the International Chambers of Commerce Congress at Boston. President Tnft received him, and expressed strong interest in the progress of Australia. '

STATJD INSURANCE BILL.

Perth, September 30. The Premier, Mr. Scoddan, will introduce a Bill to establish a State Fire, Life, and Accident Insurance Department, on tho New Zealand lines. !_j, |i in i .I,!■ J..