GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1608, 27 November 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyr.^nt 3 ... , BRITISH INSURANCE ACT. (Rec. November 27, 0.15 a.m.) • London, November 26. ■ Mr. Lloyd 1 George,i Chancellor..- of the Exchequer, is- ' conferring with the committee of the British Medical Association with a view to a settlement of the difficulties with the, doctors under, the Na- : tional Insurance Act. MINERS BILL REJECTED. Sydney, November 26. The Council has rejected the Coal Mines Eight Hours Bill.. . RUSSIAN NAVAL MUTINY. St, Petersburg, November 26... The death sentenoes imposed on five of the bluejaokets found guilty of inciting the mutiny in the navy have'been commuted to penal servitude-for life. • .' ; ' Uydiii ! ,»Vii" ■ i .-- ARMY REMOUNTS. • ' ■ •'»> -.London, November 25. The'-remount' department of the Army is minutely investigating London's, rv: sources with respect to suitable horses for army, ssrvice, . WHITE STAR LINE CHANGES.:''. London, November.'.••2s, • The White Stai;. Lino will .at an early, date transfer,' several, of its cargo boats in the Australian trade to the Now York trade. DYING WOMAN KILLS HER • ~ HUSBAND. Paris, November. 25. . Following. on long-continued cruelties, Mme. Delarue shot her . husband dead while he was sleeping. Tho. wife is dying, of consumption, and the p'olioe have not arrested her. • ' '• , . TRAMWAY COLLISION. f : Montreal, November 25. Two suburban trolly-cars collided and ■ were partially wreoked.. No one was killed, but twenty-five persons sent to the hospital are .seriously injured. The collision occurred during a blizzard, when the motormeri could not see the approach of the cars,- ■ , HURRICANE IN BRISBANE*. Brisbane, November 25. A cyclonic storm did nnioh damnge in the city. Houses were unroofed and treeS uprooted. / ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS. . : London, November 25. '■ The Paris correspondent''of the "Daily Telegraph' states that King George and Queen Mary have arranged to pay an official visit to Paris in April of nest year. • SAVINGS BANK INTEREST. Sydney, November 23. • The Savings Bank will pay 4 instead of the stipulated 3J per cent, on depositors' .accounts, computed at the end of the current year. ' ' . SMALLPOX. Sydney, November 23. Smallpox is prevalent in German and Dutch New Guinea. CITY COUNCIL. ELECTIONS. Sydney, November 23. Labour is contesting air the seats in tho City Counoil, with tho exception of one. • EXPLOSION ON A SUBMARINE. Paris, November 22. An oil explosion occurred on the submarine Foucault (completed this year). Six of the crew were severely burnt. ' TWO AVIATORS KILLED. • Paris, November 22. , Two military aviators have been killed, one at Rheims and the other at Etampes. FATAL BOXING CONTEST. Paris, November 22. •In a boring oontest at Toulouse, one of the .contestants, Estirac, struck the other, Benezac, on the ear. Bonezac.fell unconscious. He did • not regain consciousness, but died on the way to the hospital. ARCHBISHOP CARR, Melbourne, November 23. Tho Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne (Dr. Carr) states that, so far as he knows, there is no foundation for the report that a petition, signed by all the Catholic Bishops and. Archbishops, had been forwarded to the Pope, praying that in the event of the appointment of another Cardinal in Australia, the choice might fall on Dr. Carr. WHEAT. (Hec. November 27, 0.25 a.m.) London, November 26. Wheat is steadier, but-in view of, tho less satisfactory political outlook buyers are very reserved. SYDNEY WOOL MARKET. (E-cc. November' 27, 0.45 a.m.) . Sydney, Novemher 26. Wool is now slightly eaoior 111 price than last reported.

It is officially notified that officers qualifying in tho naval wing of the Koyal Plying Corps as squadron commanders will recoiva 33b. ft day, or almost much as jhnior capt-auis cornipandihg nay- vessel exsaot a first-4&£2 battleship.