GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1588, 4 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

IBy TelcEraflh—Prosß Association-OooSrieht

CUBAN PRESIDENT ELECTED.

DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE.

EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION.

TITANIC'S BANDSMEN.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE.

EX-NEW ZEALANDERIS ESTATE.

■ . INSURANCE.

(Rec. November 3, 5.5 p.m.) Havana, November 2. General Menoctfl has been elected President of Cuba. Order was maintained largely owing to tho belief that intervention by tho United States was imminent.

Vancouver, November 1. I, It is reported from San Juan do Sur, j Nicaragua, that a hurricane destroyed Acapulqo, Mexico, and that four-fifths of the town has been completely wrecked. The American . Consulate was unroofed, It is not known if any lives wei'6 lost.

London, November 1. Before the Eiftpire Trade Commission, Mr. Norton advocated an fivener distribution of Australian produce by means of direct regular shipments to Hull and Bristol. He proposed the excluding of the speculator from tho butter market by the co-operation, of producers and shippers, and. regulation of tho London market. prices, He also urged tho adoption of tho New Zealand system of grading.

London, November 1. At Liverpool the Court decided that the Titanic's bandsmen did not coine.. within tho provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, and ..dismissed the claims against tha Whit© Star Company/

Berlin, November 1. The Hamburg-Amerika Lino is extending its Eastern service from Japanese ports to San Frarioiscq and Vancouver.

London, November 1. Dr. Gjabluun, formerly InspectorGeneral of Asylums in New Zealand, left an estate valued for duty at ,£42,488. PASTING CURE. Perth, November 2._ A nolle prosequi has been entered in the case of ,the. man Dargan, charged With manslaughter, lxis wire having died after undergoing a six Weeks' fasting cure.

London, November 1. The British. Medical Association committee's report on the Government insurance proposals indicates.an inclination to entertain the proposals, if only provisional agreements aro entered into. . .