GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 157, 15 October 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TeleEranh—Press Association- Copypeht ; » PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT.s London, October 14. Prince Arthur of Connaught, who represented the King at the funeral of'the late Miknilo of Japan, has returned from his journey. DENGUE FEVER. Sydney, October 12. There is a widespread epidemic of dengue fever in the Gilbert Islands, and - a number of deaths have occurred.v This is the first visitation,to the group. The disease is supposed to have spread from the Marshall Islands. NEW SOUTH WALES BUDGET. Sydney, October 11. The Treasurer will deliver his Budget next week. It is expected to show a small surplus, and is not likely to disclose further taxation for revenue purposes. N.S.W. RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Sydney, October 12. The New South Wales Rifle Association meeting has commenced. There are record entries. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. ■ • Sydney, October 12. , Rain is badlv needed over the greater part of this State. Crops are suffering from the continned heat and dry winds. Tho prospects for the potato crop are pot promising. NEWCASTLE HARBOUR. Sydney, October 12. A start has been made with harbour improvements at Newcastle, costing accommodation is .to ,be largely augm6ftttß; w> "'' f . THE PLAGUE, . ' Sydney, October 12. ■The health authorities are advised that there is another outbreak of plague in New Caledonia;. Precautions are being adopted. WIRELESS. . Melbourne, October 12. The Federal wireless station spoke the steamer Argyllshire at Fremantle, a distance of 2200 miles—a recoil. LOAN OF THREE IiIILLIONS. Sydney, October 12. The "Herald" states that the Government has already practically placed a three-million loan. BRITISH CROP. London, October 11. The "Times" estimates the British wheat- crop at 81 per cent, being 11.4 per cent below the average for the last ten years. Tho barley crop is estimated at 85 per cent, and the oat crop at 78 per cent. CASHIER SENTENCED. ■ Sydney, October 12. Griffin, cashier to Robert Little and Company, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment, with hard labour, for embezzling from hi 9 employers. Turf gambling was the cause of his downfall. % ■ THE DIGNITY OF THE PRESS. London, October 13. Lord NorthclifFe, the well-knowfi newspaper proprietor, in apologising for his absence from' the conference of the National Union of Journalists, wrote that there were times when newspaper proprietors and staffs should co-operate to uphold tho dignity of the press. He instanced tho expulsion of the "Sydney Daily Telegraph" reporters from Parliament. A GERMAN SPENDTHRIFT. Paris, 13. A GeTman, alleged to be a relative of the Kaiser, has been arrested on a charge of defrauding a dealer in antiques of .£3200. The man squandered 4250,000 within the last six years. STOLEN BANK PAPERS. * Paris, October 13.' Four trunks containing liquidation documents belonging to the Bank of Egypt, which were in transit to London, were' stolen from a cab at Gare de Lyon. The thief was apparently not aware that the papers were of no monetary value. MURDERED DIAMOND MERCHANTS. Brussels, Ootober 13. The police have arrested two brothers named Gaston and Richard Vergouts, well-known motor racers,\ for murdering M. Provo, a diamond merchant, recently, and Mr. Davidson, another diamond merohant, in 1911. Jewels valued' at ,£3OOO havo been unearthed. LIGHTNING STARTS A FIRE. . Brisbane, October 14. Lightning started a fire in Reid and Co.'s large warehouse at Rockhampton. The building was practically gutted. The damage, which is very heavy, is covered by insuranco. QUEENSLAND BY-ELECTION. Brisbane, October 14. The by-election for the Maryborough seat, declared void on appeal, resulted in a tie, Mr. Corser (Liberal), and Mr. Mitchell (Labour) each polling 1792. There will be a rccount to-day. Later. A rccount at Maryborough gave Mr. Corser a majority of two.