GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1578, 23 October 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

:M By TolciraDli—Press Association- ConsriEht

■o : -o I SENTENCE COMMITTED. 3 > Melbourne, October 22. ** Tho sentence of death imposed on a Moore, the burglar who attacked and seril" ously wounded Mr. Geoffrey Syme at his lS residence on August 19, has been commut--10 ed to imprisonment for life. The pris- *" oner has also been ordered to reccivo a '. e flogging, is a AUSTBALIAN STATE BANK. :h Sydney, October 22. 13 Mr. .Tames Ketl, inspector of tho Bank K- of Australasia at Sydney, has lieen ap|l - pointed Deputy-Governor of tlw Federal lo Bank. 4~8 '< v J i .1 H * NAVY LEAGUE-ESSAYS. )1- London, October 21. Tho British and Foreign Sailors' Society has awarded Victory plaques for essays on "Britain's Dominions" to Chris. M'Lea'u and Audrey Bethel, Wangamii: Victoria Curtis and Lancelot Bell, Southland; and Jessie Nicholls and Richarl Vino Onyen, Victoria. .

INCOME TAX CASE. London, October 21. Judgment lias lieen reserved in Ml. Bowless's action concerning tiio Hank of England's deduction of income tax from dividends before the Finance Act year has passed. COAL MINERS' FEDERATION. Melbourne, October 22. After hearing an address from Mr. Hickcy, of the New- Zealand Federation of Labour, a meeting of Wonthnggi minors endorsed the. federation of the coal miners of Australasia, GOLD DUST SAVED. Melbourne, October 22. After the Federal gold reserve of four million sovereigns had been recently recounted, the dust was swept \\p, anil yielded .£1 9s. worth of gold after treatment. Tho Treasury benefited to the extent of 18s. -Jd. EX-CHAMI'ION WRESTLER DEAD. Sydney, October 22. F. Griffiths, a former champion wrestler of New Zealand, is dead. \ RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney,' October 22. Steady rain has commenced to fall. It is greatly needed. CHARITIES SATURDAY. Sydney, October 22. lho United Charities Saturday collection amounted to .£2015, which is'equal to last year's.