GENERAGENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1599, 16 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAGENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright o^—— JEWELLERY CLERK ROBBED. Paris, November 13. Burglars robbed n clerk at a jewellery establishment in the Place do l'Opefa, iind stole ,£12,000 wortli of jewels. DEER FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, November 14. A proposal has been mooted to intra-' duee deoT. It is considered that the Alpino regions of New South Wales are more Buitahle for red deer than, are those of Seiv Zealand. It is urged that European d6er stalkers could be diverted from New Zealand. GENERAL BOOTH MEMORIAL. Sydney, November 13. The General Booth memorial, to bo erected here, will bo a home- for needy working fflen, accommodating seven hundred and costing ,£20,000. TWO THOUSAND IMMIGRANTS. Sydney, November 15. Two steamers landed nearly two thousand immigrants to-day. EIRE IN TEE BANK OP ENGLAND. London, November 14. A fire broke out on the ground floor of the Bank of England. Sixty firemen extinguished it. SHOOTING OF A POLICE OFFICIAL. London, November 11. John Williams, charged with murdering Police Inspector walls, who surprised him while committing a burglary at the house of Gountess Sztaray on October 9, at Eastbourne, has been committed for trial; , ■ NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR, London, November 14. : Prince ;Ltehnowsky, the pew German Ambassador (who succeeds the late Baton I Marsohall von Biebersteiu), has arrived! in London, , , STAR OF AUSTRALIA. London; November 14. The steamer Star of Australia,, which ■ recently broke,down,, is at Aden awaiting ■ the.arrival, of 'a,, now shaft and stern tube ■ ■frdm'E'nglani.i.w , , ! BOILER EXPLODES. / Paris, November 14. A boiler exploded in a dye works in a suburb of Vitry. Two persons were killed and twenty-six seriously injured. - A LEAKY . VESSEL. Ottawa, November 14. Three survivors of the coasting steamer Mayflower, lost on the Madawaska River, got aShofe on pieces of timber:' They were half dead when they reached land. The vessel leaked- badly and then cap. Sized, all on board being thrown into the icy waters. CHILIAN SHIPPING PROJECT. ■ . Santiago, November 14. ' English capitalists have offered to form an Anglo-Chilian Navigation Company to run from the beginning of 1918 six steamers to Europe, Australia, and Japan, provided Chili guarantees a million' tod a quarter of the capital. SKY-SCRAPERS BLOCKED. ■ Sydney, November 15. The Assembly has read a, second time the Height <?f Buildings Bill, limiting buildings to 100 ft. unless there is special provison on the roof for tlio storage of water, in which case 150 ft. will be permitted. POLITICIANS AND THEIR PAY. ■ Sydney, November 15. Twenty members of the Assembly decline to draw the increase in salary which was recently voted. ROYAL SOCIETY'S MEDAL. London, November 15. The Royal Society's medal has l>een awarded to Professor Grafton Elliott Smith, Of Manchester University, for his researches into the anatomy of the brain. [Professor Smith was-Tjom at Grafton, New South Wales, in 1871.} ' NEW PACIFIC CABLE. Sydney, November 15. The cable steamer Silvcrtown will make a start at daylight tn the work of laying the new direct cable to New Zealand. -