GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1577, 22 October 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Tclceraph—Press Association-Copyrieht

AN AMERICAN SUFFRAGETTE. (R-ec. October 21, 9.10 p.m.) New York, October 21. Miutd afalono, a .Suffragette, attempted to_upsct a meeting held by Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate lor the Presidency, and wns arrested. AUSTRALIAN NAVY. London, October 21. The Commonwenlth cruiser Melbourne commences her trials to-day. She will Is completed on November 9, when sho will be prepared for her voyage to Australia. CLUB-SWINGING RECORD. Brisbane, October 21. Harry J. Lawson has established a world's endurance record for club-swing-ing at Ipswich, of 112 hours 15 minutes. RECORD PRICE FOR POTATOES. Sydney, October 21. A shipment of 130 bags of Tasmauian Redskins potatoes has fetched £16 10s. per ton, a rise of 30.->. The price is a record for a decade. MOTOR-CAR EXPLODES. New York, October 21. In consequence of the explosion of the tank of a burning automobile, twenty-five spectators at Petaluma, California, were injured. Two of tho .injured are expected to succumb. ARGENTINE WHEAT.. London, October 20. The official estimate is that there aro 16,967,000 acres sown in wheat in the Argentine. JEWELLERY ROBBERY. London, Octobor 20. A fishmonger named Simmons Veen arrested on a charge of robbing a jewellers' shop in Edgwaro Road, It is alleged that he and two other men, entered the shop, and, drawing revolvers, stole seme jewellery and escaped in a taxi-cab. EUROPEAN VINTAGE. London, October 20. Messrs, Gilbcy's annual report on the vintage snys that it promises to largely exceed thivt of 1911. It is of fair average qiinlity, and the prospects are really fino for wines in many regions. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. London, October 20. Tho conveyance of foot-and-mouth disease to Kildaro is officially attributed to straw packing in cases of French wines anil groceries sent to the Curragh camp, and used as litter for pigs. AVIATION FATALITY. . Berlin, October 20. Lieutenant Biessbarth and a passenger wore aeroplaniaj at Gjengen, near WurtemLerg, when the machine fell, lloth men were killed instantly. ASPHYXIATION OF BANDITS. Paris, October 20. Successful experiments have been made with a cartridge that, when exploded in an enclosed area, will asphyxiate anybody in a few seconds. It is intended tor use against bandits resisting capture. EDITOR SENT TO GAOL. Rangoon, October 20. Mr. Arnold, editor of the "Burma Critic," has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for defamation of the District Magistrate at Mergui, whom he focused of wrongly acquitting a British officer charged with the abduction of a native girl. ■■ STATE HOTEL BILL. Perth, October 21, The Legislative Council, by 13 votes to 8 resolved to read the State Hotels Bill six months hence. It was anticipated in the Budget that the revenue under the Bill would amount to dCoS.OOO.