GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 17 January 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By : TeleEraph-Presß Associations-Copyright "'' ■'*■■' . .' ■ ]'■/■"■■"•■'' "FIGHT WITH-OPIUM GROWERS."'-"'' .;',y[t. Shanghai, January 16. : A party.;of officials, within militia escort,; at Chongtu,.;were enforcing'"•' the prohibition against opium growing when they encountered a, thousand armed men. Both sides fireVl volleys, with the result that two men were killed and many more were wounded, : . '< , -.'■.-,- .• - -'- /■';■', ■'; 1 vt, eton college': murder. V- ; '.' ! i ' ''..■'■•'.London, January' 10. ■, •', ;-Sedgwiok;., the f porter. at Eton College, ■who. In 'November last stabbed to death % 60Tvant'.:girli,j)amcd Davis,- has ; been sentenced to death. '..',.,■ >; J : . ! r: f TRIBUTE MR. BALFQUR.: ''■'.■"; .v. ■';■;•'■ , •;,'.'; ??ibndon, . January:.'ls.■■ ;'Mr, Balfour, on, entering the House to-di>y,-. w'as ' oheercd by tho.s Unionists, then by, the Liberals.. This was intended as, a tribute to him because/of tho .'readoption 6f tho Balfoufian •'Schema'->of Tariff'Reformii-.jV,:•,.:;:;:.;;;,:; .;.;;■ : ,; } ;-duchess; or • ;cOni*aughtl?"-; V'v- .'■■''! ' : .',. ..Ottawa; 'January' 16. v ; Tho Duchess of Connaught, 'who has beon suffering from peritonitis, is now out .of danger. 'V ~:. -..•"., '■■;'• . -~;: fitzroy;murder. ',■'■■.' V ..;.' ■'? Melbourne,' January: 10. '•■■ ;' When faced .with, Thompson, the -man ' arrested "on a'- charge of. murdering. t .'her hUsband'at Fitzrow, .Mrs.. Trotter declared:,'"That is not'one.of the men who Entered our room,"- '■■■ . . '< . , ,'v .': ';'■'.' .'■• ! v\\- , ■ '■•'^'• J; ' ! >SIX HUNDRED}HOTELS CLOSED." ''■'■:"; .''iS'",.;'Melbourne,. January;i6. . \- The .xeportybf the Licenses Reduction Board, states, that 614 hotels have been .deprived of',their licenses .in six: years/ ariaV'compenVation.'has been paid (totalling .£294,831. Th>.report adds that' tho reductions hav» Kdd a;- beneficial resplt;'-'which has been.particularly marked in tho lowest quarters'of the^ity." I ,'•-, ! .'.\ ... ;'• , ROYAL'GEQGRAPHIdAL SOCIETY, : ■- : V , o ''. tondon. January 10. '■ ; The Royal Gcographicßl Society, has decided to admit women,as. Fellows. EMPIRE TRADE-COMMISSION.'; .; ■■'.. • ■ London] January 16. , In the House'of Commons, Mr.. Harcourt, Secretary of' State" for tho Colonies, in'. Teply to a questjpn'i'said the' visit of tho! Imperial Trade/VComniissionera to Australia, New Zealand;'and SoutfryAfrica was estimated to cost :iOK)8. ; • ' t ~," v ■■;'.."'; ;WORIt AND WAGES.',';;'" / ;|. • London, January ,10.' The Board of. Trade report'.for 1912 states that employment was good,, and. tho upward movement jof wages ! was ; more marked, though both. were somewhat discounted by the increased cost of food. ' '•;..• ESPIONAGE CHifiGE.' \ ':■■■■■'■■:' : : London, January. 16. \ The ex-gunner,. Parrott, who is being tried on a charge of espionage, denied disclosing naval information, but admitted that no told lies in; accounting for his bank notes and about meeting a man atf Ostend. ,He said that' he' did this in order to screen aj woman friend. '~'■•■ |. (""■■ ,NEW: COMET' SIGHTED. ' , i ■■',■'■ ■'.'.'• " ' Adelaide, January 16; , Using a small telescope, with a threeinch aperture, Mri B. Ixiwe has discovered a faint now comet. , The right ascension,, pii January 6, ™ 9 degrees 30 minutesj and»the declination south 20 degrees, "50-.minutes. :•', . . . MISSING; RAPHAEL RECOVERED, ...'. ':'. : .- 'London, January 15. Raphael's picture, "Madonna Delia Quercia," which was lost for a century, was discovered in an Italian' nobleman s cbapol and smuggled to London. It is now. at the Hotel Cecil, and is being guarded, by four detectives.. ■'.. , ' LORD ASHBURNHAM DEAD. . '■,' Paris, January 15. .- The Earl of A6hburnham iB dead. ' [The fifth Earl- of Ashburnhara -and Viscount of St. Asaph, and a baron, Bertram Ashburnham. was born in 1840, and succeeded ' his father in 1878. Ho was educated abroad, and in 1888 he married a daughter of the lato Mr. R. Chaplin, 'and has one daughter. His estates, comprising 24,000 acres, lie principally in Sussex, behind Hastings, and in Wales. His heir is his brother, tho Hon. John Ashburnham, born in ,1845.] . - : AUSTRALIA. ! , ' London, January 15. The New South Wales wool exhibit jn tho textile branch of tho Leeds Univcrr sity is attracting much attention. ' QUEENSLAND 'LOAN. London, January 15. The Queensland loan has closed. Tho underwriters anticipate receiving a large proportion. MILLIONAIRE'S DIVORCE CASE. London, January 15. Joseph Lewis, a South African millionaire diamond merchant, has divorced his wife, formerly Miss Fannio Ward, tho actress. The co-respondent was John Donovan, on actor.