GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1651, 18 January 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telecrapli—Press Association—Oopyrlcht . v ; » , . . ■ . NAVAL ESPIONAGE CASE. London, January IS. ■the ex-gunner Parrott, charged with espionage, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment. Mr. Justico Darling advised him that if he wanted his reduced ho had better tell tho authorities all, he knew.' HOVE MYSTERY. _ . ; London, January IG. The inquest regarding'the death of Hugh Trevanion, who is suspected 'to have been murdered at : Hovo, Sussex, in September'last, has been adjourned until January 23..

'GREAT FIRE AT NORWICH. ' •'. London, January 16. Messrs Sexton's shoe factory at Norwich was burnt down. The damage is estimated at' £100,000. One thousand employees- have been rendered idle. |; FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. . -,i' London, January 16. Five firemen were killed through ah explosion of-on© of the boilcrs ; of the French;steamer. Madonna,- 5633 tons. ~,: '/;v'i SEAMEN'S..WAGES,'.,;:/ /-- „•■:■' London, January 16. Several steamers are hold: up" at Hull through the owners deciding that tho monthly:wages shall be .£5 10s. '■,;■'■' A TAX,ON MATCHES. :•;,'; -._-._' •'.'••■ .-,Vienna, 'January' 16. '■:' The Minister for Financo is introducing: a proposal for a tax on matches.- - The tax will produce £600,000. -, FITZROY MURDER.'' V' ! i ] .- : Melbourne,' January',-iW"-A man and woman have been questioned by tho polios with .regard to the murder of Mr. Trotter, who was shot at his residence at. Fitzroy- by. burglars. ■ Their replies were unsatisfactory. They ; were 'arrested on a, vagrancy',charge. , ■,'•■;.■;, .'- SYDNEY RABBIT TRADE; ;.'• v . Sydney, January, 17V The rabbit trappers, havo accepted; the' price offered for; largo,. rabbits, but: pending ,a.' conference will hot deal: with, the question of. the . price of lower-grado rabbits. ..■"■', ,;. .;-.-. ■■~-,. - JAPANESE STEAMER SERVICE." ■;' Sydney, :January-17/ : , The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has reduced the time of tho voyago of its steamers from Sydney to Yokohama to. thirty days —two loss twin previously. ... N ■••■. '•■ 'BY HEAT. ! ? ■' | : .'. .': ""'■■•'■ Sydney,' January ;■ There aTe a number of dead;fish float> ing in Willingah. Lako, near" Termeil. They were killed by the heat -of the water during the hot weather, ..-;:'■ : ' INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS. -

■ ■•••■•■•■. Sydney,' Jamiarj 17. Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia in London; has undertaken to supply the British Consuls.with pamphlets regarding emigration 'arid?tho pros- 1 pects •of emigrants : to Australia, • Tho pamphlets will be translated into French and German. , v: AUSTRALIA'S : NAVY. , ' • Sydney, January 17. The Australian destroyer Parramatta, in a trial, did 27.8 knots. ' '■'• . HOBART TRAMWAYS. ■:, Hobart, January 17. . A poll of ratepayers' approved the purchase'of the tramways by .'the municipality for J!210,000. ; , BATHING FATALITY.' ' / Melbourne, January 17. , i Of four boys who were surfint at.St. Kilda on a dark night two were drowned, and the only swimmer of the party rescued a third in an unconscious state.. ' .' BRITISH IMMIGRATION. London, January 17. The Central Unemployed Body attributes its increased expenditure of .£OI3B, as compared with 1911,' to the diversion of emigrants from.Canada to Australia and New Zealand, coupled with the increased fares. BUTTER SHIPMENT .DELAYED. , London,' January 17. The Colonial Committee has;,written to tho P. and 0. and Orient Companies protesting against the slow discharge of cargo at the Tilbury Docks, The butter, which arrived on Saturday, is still undelivered. ... '■'■'. ; A LONG TOW. - Sydney, January 18'. The Ihumata has sailed' for Auckland towing tho Eure, the. former Frenoh warship, which is to be used as a coal.hulk. TO ABOLISH TITLES. Ottawa, January 17. A Bill has been read a first time in Canada, on the motion of Mr. J. H. Burn-, ham, to abolish titles throughout Canada. The mover declared that the people were too democratic to stand for class badges or distinctions. CHINESE CONSUL-GENERAL. London, January 17. Mr. K. Weichih, secretary to tho Chinese Legation, has been appointed Chinese Consul-Goneral in New Zealand.