GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1642, 8 January 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

1 By TolccraDh—Press Association—Copyright v ■ ■ -,y MINER'S HUGE'LOTTERY PRIZE. London, January V. , A Staffordshire inhicr named;. Billing* . f ham lias won a prize of .£lo,ooo' in a". •' Hungarian lottery.. ';' \-;'' 1 V; CARE OF MI3NTAL'DEFECTIVES. , London, January 7. ' ' Sir Richard PcniefathCr. in a letter tct; •■■■ ■ "The■ Times" apropos'of. tho postpone- . ment of legislation; for the mentally dcfl- ' ■ . dent, calls bttoiitlon to tlio oxcellont results obtained ' under f 'New Zealand's special system of compulsory ; cducatioa' • ; ' for afflicted children.. : , TURKISH OFFENDERS.' '.Constantinople) January 7. ' Ismail Djumbulni; lias been Eontenwd la! Absentia to imprisonment for life in a i fortress, ami' his brother-in-law to im-, ; ( prisonmont for;,,tcri'.'y<i'arß'. for • abettinfl > s mm. , ' NEW COLLIERY CONCERN; 1 • ; i•. ,' . iSydnoy, January. 7. •The Caledonian Collieries, Ltd.,;, lias : been registered l with a capital of- X 2.000- • ■ 000,tho first ,issuo"„consistins.; of .750,000; ordinary and prcfercnco • XI " shares.-,: ,•'•lK'.''''. WL3ELESS TO PAPUA, i ■■■"■' . ' Molbourne, January 7. v , Tho first wireless message from..Papua was received yesterday, tlio Lieutenant- '■ Governor '(Mr. J. H. I'. IfurfaV)'\vishinff |. , Mr; Thomas, Minister, for- External At- . , i, fairs,', tho. compliments of .tho season,, »{• . :LORD lIMIDINGE! * i ' ' Delhi, January 0. . Tho Viceroy, liord Hardingo, is inakinj .y good, progress towards recovery from the 1« injuries, ho' teWH'cd; in'-'tlio'-attoilipt to ■ . assassinato him on; December 22. Ilia ; wounds aro liealinff, and ho >1s ablo ta . toko brief walks m the' gurdon: daily, 1 • OFFICERS FOR. 'AUSTRALIA. Londoni'January 0. Captiins n A\ biuith . (W«,t..ftmToy 5 Regiment); and l)avios (Leicester> RoB 1 " f mont) and Lieutenant, Gabe (lloyal I'ield .■, * Artillery)'.sail;.by ;the Otranto .to, join the Commonwealth/Military. - Cadet Company;,officers. t GAIETY ACTRESS DEAD. London, January 0.. . i Miss Maud Hobson, tlio actress, Viho . visited Australia with the London Gaioty Company, is dead, ...