GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Tfcloirimh.—Press Association— Copyright ~\ ■.'.. ~'•;-,♦ .. —' . ■~.; DOCTORS AND INSURANCE. London, January 21. The doctors' panels in London under, the National • Insurance Act have been substantially increased. ,' ■ • LONDON MOTOR DEATH-ROLL. .'..'' London, January 21. . A motor bus killed a policeman who was engaged in regulating the - street traffic. This lins accentuated the outcry about motor, fatalities. During the past ten montns ,310 people < have been killed by motor vehicles; against 140 by other vehicle's. , ' ,-■ ■ '. T ''■■ • -.-—: '-.■•: INDECENT LITERATURE. .-. London, January 21'. Dewend Fenton, an cdi tor, has. been fined JMO for using the Post Officeto circulate -sporting items containing indecent articles. 0..'.-. ..'.. , '. ; '/' SH6RT OF MONEY. ' >,"'.'' 7 '■''■-,■■' Sydney, January 22. The Water and Sewerage Board is short of money; and applications for connections with the 1, board's".'services..are piling up.. Only half the usual gangs are employed in pipe-laying, and unless tho board gets more money from tho Government shortly there will be another hundred dismissals. BETTER, OUTLOOK AT' NEWCASTLE. ..'■ ■',':.'■' '■■' Sydney, January 22.■'.'' As a result of a meeting of colliery proprietors, it is believed the outlook in the Northern district is more promising. Probably the Joint Conciliation Committee, will be revived, and industrial peaco maintained.. . ■■- ■ '-. ' ' new South wales' politics. Sydney, January .22. ■ ,Mr, ( . Hal], Jyiberaf ~M.L.A. for Hawkesbury, states.that:'the Labour party -will remain in office for the full term,l and that tho elections .will tako place about nine months hence'. ■ ,| -./.: . .' ■■'. \'."..' ;;, :

, ■ ■■ • ■. ':' ' "" ii KEMBERWORTH qHILD MURDERS., 'r London, January 22; Walter Syke's, the labourer who confessed to having , murdered two girls named Collinson and Nicholson, aged nine' and sevon years, at Kcmborworth in, November last, has been committed for.trial. CHAUFFEURS' DEMANDS. '.'.,-' Melbourne, January 22. '~ The Chauffeurs' Union is demanding a w'age of .£3'los. for a week of 51 hours, with'one,'(tay clear. ', ,' . .'"• COMMONWEALTH BANK. :>'■'■ -Melbourne, January 22. . The' Commonwealth Bank: has opened, branches at Townsyillu, Perth, and Hobart.".. ■'■'..-., ■ . ... '; NEW THAMES.EMBANKMENT. ■, .■,-.-.'■,.'.,.■';.;. London, : January : ,22. It is proposed to, reclaim the. Thames foreshore, on the south side of the river, between Southwark Cathedral and Westminster Bridge,, and. to construct, an embankment to be known as the King George Embankment, 'at a' cost .of ~£1,000,000.',: . .-■'', .;. ;t-.; ~-:; -. FACTORY WORKERS* EYESIGHT. ' ■"'.'< '. ■'■■. vLondon, January,22. ; . With a view, to'protecting, the eyesight 'of factory operatives, the Homo Secretary, Mr. M'Kennn, has appointed a committee to inquire into the desiderata in ' the natural and artificial lighting of factories. GUBERNATORIAL CHANGES. V London, January 22. , The Right Hon. W- G. Ellison-Macart-nejv Governor-Designate of Tasmania, has beqn created a Knight Commander of tho Order of St. Michael and St. George. Colonel Sir W< H. Manning, Governor of Jfyasaland, has been appointed Governor of Jamaica, in succession to Sir Sydney Olivier, who has been appointed Permanent Secretary for Agriculture. SUPPOSED OPIUM ''HOAX. ■•'.•■. ;■'■' 'Melbourne; January 22.V, The supposed find of ,£SOO '/worth;; of opTum in, a basket left by an unknown Chinese.at a Chinese laundry, is believed to' be a' hoax, the tins nrobably contain-, ing an' imitation of opium. • . a ,'. SPANISH TOWN ABLAZE. : V Madrid,, January 22. The town of Duenas, which has a population of about 5000, is ablaze, and is. threatened with total destruction. ,• SYDNEY. OAT MARKET. • .(Hcc. January 22, 10.50 p.m.) i Sydney, January K. Six thousand bags of New Zealand feed oats aro selling well at from 3s, Bd. to 3s. 9d. ! • ' ■ : ■'•:.'.'