GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1628, 20 December 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrJt at ; —?— SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S AGENT-GEN-ERAL. London, December 19. Mr. A. Ifirkpatrick, Agent-General for South Australia, has received many congratulations on the extension of his term. BRITISH FRANCHISE BILL. 1 ffiec. December 19, 8.30 p.m.) London, December 19. The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, has announced that the Franchise Bill, embodying the Government's electoral reform proposals (but not inolu<ling woman suffrage), will be taken in Committee in the House of Commons on January 20.' RUSSIAN OFFICERS ARRESTED. St. Petersburg, December 19. ' Colonels Eranzelf and Efiinoff, and eight officers, have been arrested in connection with the mutiny of . sappers at Tashkend in July last, when five were sentenced to death, 112 to penal servitude, and 79 to hard labour. NOVEL ENGINEERING SCHEME. London, Deoomber 19. Mr. Chnse, an Australian engineer, in a paper Tead before the Liverpool Engineering 'Society, propounded a novel scheme for a high-level bridge over the River Mersey, the approaches taking the form of a spiral roadway. ■AN ACTOR'S FUNERAL. Sydney, December 19. There was a great gathering at Mr. George Rignold's funeral, making an impressive public tribute. AUSTRALIAN REFERENDA. Melbourne, December 19. The Senate has passed all the Referenda Bills. DEEP-WATER JETTY AT TILBURY. (Rec. December 19, 7 p.m.) London, December 19. The Port of London Authority has Accepted a tender for the construction of a deep-water-jetty at Tilbury Dock. BIG FIRE AT NOTTINGHAM. London, December 19. A great fire has destroyed an apronmanufactory at Nottingham, causing *270,000 damage, and rendering hundreds ivorkless. GERMAN COLLIERY EXPLOSION. O Berlin, December 19. An explosion has occurred in a colliery at Mengedi, a town in Westphalia. It is reported that forty men were killed. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. London, December 19. The underwriters will take up eightyfive per cent, of the New South Wales loan. THE LATE MR. WHITELAW REID. London, December 19. The United States absenting, the British warship Natal will tail from Portsmouth on Saturday with the remains of the late Mr. Whiteiaw Reid, United States Ambassador to England, on board. MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET. Melbourne, December 19. Hides: Moderate supplies; firm prices nil round.