GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1576, 21 October 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By TclceraDh—Press Association-Copyrielit

AVIATOR INJURED. Melbourne, October 20. Mr. Stone, the American aviator, struck some telegraph wires in a (light at Dallarat, and jumped out of his aeroplane. He is suffering from concussion of tho brain, nnd his condition is terious. POOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. * London, October 19. Fourteen cows havo l>eon discovered at Mullincnr, County Westmcath, suffering from foot-and-mouth disease. TINNED HEAT FOR THE ARMY. Melbourne, October 19. The High Commissioner, Sir George Reid, has cabled that tho Indian Army I Intelligence Department is complaining of tho shortage of Australian tinned meat for the' troops. It will soon bo necessary to apply to foreigners if supplies cannot bo obtained from Australia. FIRE AT AN ENGINEERING WORKS. London, October 18. A fire at Messrs, Samuelson's agricultural engineering works at Danbury has dono damage to tho extent of .fGO.OOO, raid has thrown idlo 200 workers, AUSTRALIAN AVIATION CORPS. London, October 19. Mr. S. F. Cody, tho well-known aviator, has decided not to go to Australia under engagement to tho Commonwealth Government on the gronnd that the reinuu< oration offered is insufficient. FIRE AT A COUNTRY SEAT. London, October 19. Canontoign House,. tho residence of Lord Exmouth, at Dunsford, near Exeter, has been burned. Tho pictures nnd valuables were saved. OPERA BY CHARPENTIER. London, October 19. The Quinlan Opera Company has successfully produced at Manchester Gustavo Charpeutier's romantic opera "Louise," This is tho first production in Euglish of tho opera, which was' originally stngod at tho Opera Comiqne, Paris, in 1900. TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD SHOOTING. London, October 19. Stephen Titus, tho American who rau recently amuck in the Tottenham Court Road, and shot a barmaid dead, and wounded a number of other people hns been committed for trial. FORTUNE FOR~\ LABOURER. London, October 19. Jlr. Ryce Denvcn, a. farm labourer, has inherited £200,000 from his father, who was long lost in America. He refuses to leave his cottago in Breconshire. BREWERS' EXHIBITION. London, October 18. A brewers' exhibition opens on Saturday next. MORE "PASSIVE RESISTANCE." London, October 18. Tho "Daily News" states that tho Row Dr. Clifford is organising for 1013 a passive resistance campaign thrauKiiout tho country on the education question. THE BELGIAN FRAUDS. Brussels, October 18. Henri Wilmnrt, brother of tho manager of the Ghcut-Terneuswn railway who absconded wilh £2,500,000, has been arrested on a charge of complicity in tho frauds. PERSIAN REVOLT. Teheran, October 18. Salar-ed-Dowlah, undo of tho Shah and leader of tho rebels, is reported to bo rapidly approaching Teheran. HOTEL COUNTER-LUNCHES. Sydney, October 19, In tho Legislative Assembly a Bill has been introduced to abolish counter-lunches in hotels.