GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1649, 16 January 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ' . ———-4———— ■ ■ : LORD HARpINGE. Delhi, January 151 ' The Viceroy, Lord,Hardinge, is progress- , ing satisfactorily; lie is suffering froth [ neuritis in. liis right arm. - TASMANIAN FRUIT CROP. Hobart, January 15. A disastrous gale has damaged the fruit crops to the extent of thousands of i pounds. , . ! [ '-' AFRICAN LABOUR RECRUITS. ; ! London, January 15, . Sir Edward Gray, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in .reply to a question in Parliament, said the Government was taking steps to protect some British col-oured-subjects Who had been clandestinely recruited for work on the Isiand of Fernando Po. , SNOWSTORMS IN ENGLAND. \ (Rec. January 15, 9,50 p.m.) ' London, January 15. .' There; havo been further' heavy snowstoi'ms in the-North of England and in Wales. Tho building and allied trades lit | South, Lancashire are paralysed, . and ; twenty thousand men are idle in'the Mani Chester' district, ■' ; h.ii.s. new Zealand! ' London, January 15. ■; • The battle<ruiser New . Zealand, on' her jditrney homewards from NeW Zealand, will call at' Fiji, Honolulu, Vancouver, Valparaiso, Monte Video, Rio de Janeiro, and the West Indies. . Prince George, of Battcnberg is among the officers, VICTORIAN BANKRUPTCIES. , ' London, s January 15, Last;year there wci'e 392 insolvencies in Victoria; Tho assets'totalled Ji53,192 and ' the liabilities .£104,215. i l ', f . . YOUTHFUL'THIEVES. Sydney, January 15. : .Of the five boys charged with breakiilg i into the Pyrmont Savings ■Bank and'steal'- ■ ing ,£3 65,. in stamps, two were sent to!a State home, two Were 1 released on proba- ' tion, and the fifth sentenced to a fort-' : night'sNdisciplino and drill, • : DYERS' STRIKE ENDS. Lotidon, January 14. The strike of Yorkshire dyers outside the Bradford Association has ended, an advance in wages, and an overtime concession .being granted. / TAXI-CAB BANDITS. \ Londbri, January Ai. i The man. Stanley, a' taxi-cab driver, arrested in connection with the robbery of a Hatton Garden\diamond merchant named Goldberg, on November 17, when three men got clear away with .£I3OO worth of diamonds, has, been sentenced to eighteen, months' imprisonment! SIR GEORGE REID ON TOUR.' ■Paris, January 14, President Fallieres gave an audience to Sir George R-eid, High Commissioner for ( Australia. ■ ' ' BUSH FIRES. ' . Sydney, January 14. The hot weather has caused bush'fires in l tho Moru'yai Bodalla, and PeDrith. districts. Much fencing has beeit destroyed, •