GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

B? Teloat»»h-Prc6«'Ajsoola.Uon-OorirriEM' ■;■;>.'...:——-*——. ,';„..';;.;,•;; \'. ;THB STOLEN SOVEREIGNS. ■, \ ,'■'•■ ': ,'', : ■'■'■ London; JanuaryOi An onalysls.of the lead substituted for tho Alexandria consignjnent of 10,000 sovereigns shows that it.is ordinary English, lead, suggesting that tho theft was made' in England. ; ]-.-''■■:■:-.■ :■'•/■:■;■• ...;.: ; '.('•..MB; DEAKIN'S FAILURE.,:((<i ; . ;; •-'™ '^L'- ; l .'London,. January 9. ; > v Tho "Westminster Gazette," in. an artl- ;■' clo on Mr. Deakin's retirement from tho - leadership of tho Commonwealth Opposi- ' tio'n, saysho did great work for Australia'.' in the days of his power,-but faUbd to" .unite a broken party, and had to. retire > disillusioned.; '•" -...'' [ ,-". r ■"'■' .. •■; ■/''gun explosion. -;'( ; fs/ ■:.•■. '■''■''; ,'■; ■"' 'London, January 9.. . Daring experiments at Shooburyncss, the : breech-block of a largo gun was blown out, and a gunner named llubard killed. Captain Dreker and two others were seriously injured.-; ■■'■ ;;:; ; v;:: : ; v 'i ,, :.>. ; ;./ ;.. . SCOTTISH>IINERS';:WAGES,- : : i.;' ,' ■ | ~ London, January 9. Tho Scottish miners have lodged a claim, •■'■' for. a 25 per cent, advance in wages.., ,'■ :v : /sir; george reidabßiOAdl'; : (' : ■. '■'(. '.!;■'.';.',.-'.' .';.'!'' 'Vienna, January 9. Sir George Reid. Australian High Com- v missioner,, had a, long, conversation !V'ith" Count Borcktold, tho- Austro-Hungarintf Minister for Foreign Affairs.' 'no'ieavo» ;r for -Berlin.:-- to-night.•;• -/.":-. ■';••:■-'■''.,. :[ I '..'' .( MELBOURNE .ARTIST, v ; )y ■ ■ I'';': ":','''- '■'•'-. '':'■■■ ".-'-'' : Paris, January 9/ - " Mr. Emanuel Phillips Fox,"«'. Melbourne artist, exhibits six. pictures at the Inter, national Society of Painters'.exhibition. '■'' "OTESS.CnAMPIONSHIPI .( ' "./' -■( ":'■■'■■■.''. Melbourne, January 10. ■ '• Lancaster,, the challenger for tho . chesj ' Championship of Australia; for .£SO a-sido,: . resigned at the ninth game, the score bo- , iug—W. S..Vine'r.]?,-Lancastor:2.->'. ■-.-; . ..'.';-.:. ,-; THREE CHILDREN'■ DROWNED. : ' ''•'•■■;.''. Melbourne; January 16.' ; The .'bodies of two children named Dydeon and a third named Robinson,; who ' havo boon missing at Murrumboora, have ' been .discovered in ;aVcreek.-' ,lt is sup- ,: posed that they fell in while playing. .-.' ;,v .WORLD'S WHEAT : s !riELD.: ,\l>./ : ' .:■■..-.■ Washington,-January 10. > , Tho Department of Agriculture estimates the worUTs wheat yield in: 1312 at 3,369,000,000 bushels.. v-V

RECORD WHEAT CROP.'■'; ':. ■V ■'■■.' ';" Sydney, January. 10. ' Tho wheat crops in n L portion, of \ tho Rivorina aro tho most prolifio known,'tho returns reaching forty-uvo bushels to th 6 acre in some places. ,-r. -,-'." '.-

; MURDER. V., ':-.''■■'!.■■■'■'.'■'" ■'''■'.' Berlin, January 9/. 'A Polish' slable-hniid at Buekow, murdered -a farmer' and his wife, and' a servant girl, nnd then nailed up the house ito prevent two daughters, from escaping. The police arrived when <. tho ma:|i was incinerating tho bodies in a haystack, He escaped. ,