GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1605, 23 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

—: —-« - JAPANESE NAVAL 'ACCIDENT. Tokio, November 21. It is officially stated that-the■ twenty- • men reported to-have been -killed ,by -a~, boiler'explosion on the cruiser Nisshin \ were only wounded. ' YOUTHFUL DESPERADOES. ' London, November 22. Frederick Lowton and William Dennigan, the two youths who, armed with a revolver, attempted to rob a shop till 1 at .Baltham last month, have been treated ai first offenders. TAXICABS AND PETROL. : London, November 22. Three thousand taxicab drivers have rejected the owners' proposal to increase th« price of petrol in January. : GERMAN, NAVAL INCREASES. Berlin, November 22. The personnel of the Navy will be in< creased in 1913 by 6125. WAVERLEY TRAGEDY. , Sydney, November 22. At the inquest in connection with the Wavcrley tragedy the jury returned a verdict that Hilda Gowan and George Veitch, the young girl and man who died after drinking jysol, had both committed suicide. ' ■ GRANTS FOR FIRE VICTIMS. London, November 21. At an inquest concerning the fire at: ' Messrs. John Barker and Co.'s ..drapery,-- - and general stores in South Kensington, in which four girls lost their lives, tha verdict was' that the fire was accidental. Messrs. Barker and Co. will recompense sufferers by the fire or their relatives with three years' wages beyond the legal claims. ' ~ THE TSAREVITCH. St. Petersburg, November 21. It is Bemi-officially declared that reports to the effect that the Tsarevitch was worse are unfounded; as a matter ot fact, he has'considerably improved. SOUTH AFRICAN DROUGHT. Cape Town, November 21. The drought is still severe in man*- districts, but has broken down in Natal. In Johannesburg, where a water famine is feared, and Pretoria the drought has been the cause of set-backs and great losses* BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS. Melbourne, November 22/ . A Bill providing for .a referendum on the subject of Scripture-lessons in State, schools lias been introduced in ;the Victorian Parliament." , . AUSTRALIAN CARDINALATE. Melbourne, November 22. It transpires that a petition, signed by all the Catholic Bishops and Arch-, bishops, has been forwarded to the Pope, ? praying that in the event of the appoint* ment of another' Cardinal in ' Anstraliaj the choice might fall on Archbishop Carry of Melbourne.. "JOY BIDES." Melbourne, November 22. A!'Bill prohibiting indulgence in "joj rides," under a heavy fine or imprison* ment, has been passed by- the Legislative Assembly. ' . A.M.P. BENEFIT FUND. ■ Sydney, November 22. - ' The Legislative Council passed througH the Committee stages a Bill extending the . A.M.P. Society's Officers' Benefit Fund to the widows and children-' of such ofli< cers. N.S.W. AGENT-GENERALSHIP. Sydney, November 22. J Mr. T. A. Coghlan's .term as .Asrenft General- of New South Wales, has beeij extended till March next. SIR WILLIAM M'MILLAN. .. . • Sydney, November 22..'. Sir. William M'Millan, who, has beefl out of politics for some- time,'- lias dw oided to contest a seat in the Legislative Assembly at next election. PUTUMAYO HORRORS. London, November 21. It is stated that the British directors ot the Putumayo Rubber Company did not know of the' cruelties practised by theic agents iq. Peru until 1909. For -nine months afterwards tliey- maintained thai the stories were nntrue. AIRSHIP MYSTERY. London, November 21'.; Count Zeppelin, in a letter to the newsj papers, states that his airship's have riot approached the English coast, and could not therefore liavo been seen over SheeM ness as reported. '• •> SCOTCH CHURCH MODERATORS.' - London, November 20. - The Rev. A. Wallace Williamson,;; of St. Giles's Church, Edinburgh, has been elected -Moderator of the Church of' Scotland, and Professor Iverach, Moderator of tho United Freo Church. POSTED AS' MISSING. ' " Sydnoy, November 20.. It is feared that tho German barquiNomia foundered' 133 days out from Ne\K castle to Anbofegasta. She had threa thousand tons of ooal on board, and carried a prog; of thirty,