GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1664, 3 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TclcernDh—Press Association—Copyright • 9 — THE ARREST OF MR. WHEELER, Tokio, January, 31. Mr.' Wheeler, the representativo of the Genz and Wheeler Company, who was■ arrested and'put in gaol in Yokohama, has been chargcd with obtaining money by false pretences. [A cable message on Thursday stated that Wheeler obtained so many orders for knitting machines that deliveries were behindhand. Bail \ and. legal advice were refused him.]; v ; INSURANCE IN JAPAN. ' Tokio, January 31. ' Owing to the new insurance regulations, the Equitable, New York Sun and Life, and the Canada, offices aro withdrawing from'business. > . .■ " LORD HARDINGE. Delhi, January 31. The Viceroy, Lord Hardinge, spent a restless night after his operation; Ho suffered much pain. LORD RANFURLY ILL. London, February 1. Tho Earl of Ranfurly, formerly Governor of New Zealand, is suffering from pneumonia. : '. SUBMARINE. RUNS INTO TORPEDO BOAT. London, February 1. A submarine knocked a hole in a torpedo boat at Spithead. The torpedo boat was saved from sinking by its watertight compartments. Tho submarine was undamaged. , ORANGEMEN'S PROTEST. . ; Sydney,- Fobruary 1. , Tho Orangemen intend to sond to Lord Chelmsford (the retiring Governor)' direct 'the protest against Sir Gerald Strictlands appointment as Governor, which Mr. M'Gowen, the Premier, declined to forward. BRAN AND POLLARD SCARCE. Sydney, February 1. The'merchants of Newcastle are complaining of a shortage of bran and pollard, aud wish that tho duties be suspended. EXCLUSION OF NON-UNIONISTS. Sydney, February 1. The Barrier Labour Federation at Broken Hill is taking a referendum of the unions whether its members will refuse to work with non-unionists. A DISTINGUISHED AVIATOR. ; Paris, January 31. The Aoademy of Shorts has awarded' Roland Garros 10,000 trancs for his aeroplane feats. M. Garros won the Paris to. Rome.air race; he holds the altitudo record; 'and he recently flew across the Mediterranean from Tunis to Rome, via Sicily.

WELSH MINERS ON STRIKE. - London, February 1. Two thousand six hundred miners an Aberdaro, in Wales, have struck, as they object to working with non-unionists. GUN-RUNNERS ESCAPE. : London, February 1. The Admiralty has.received advice from Lingah, on tho Persian Gulf, that it is rumoured that a dhow engaged in running guns into Persia had an encounter . near Hululiland with a British naval cutter. The commander of tho. cutter was 6hot, and tho dhow escaped. FOOTBALL. __ London, February 2. Tho Rugby football match between Scotland and Wales resulted in ft win for tho Welshmen by 8 points to nil. AGRA MURDER TRIAL. Agra, February 2. Budhu, Lieutenant Clark's native servant, who was committed for trial with Clark and Mrs. Fulham in connection with the murder of Mrs. Clark and Mr, Fulham, but was pardoned in. order that he might give evidenco against tho other accused, has testified that ho and others of tho native gang concerned in the attacla on the evening of the murder of Mrs. Clark, discussed the plan with Clark and Mrs. Fulham. Ho repeated the previous narrative of the crime. CASTRO RELEASED. New York, February 1. • General Cipriauo Castro, ex-President of Venezuela, who lias been ordered to be deported as an undesirable immigrant, has been released on habeas corpus proceedings, ponding nil appeal by him to tho Courts of tho United States. WAITERS' STRIKE FAILS. ' ' ■ New York, February 1. The waiters who have been on striko are resuming work. They havo been unnblo to induce the employers to concede their demands. AFFRAY AT TORPEDO WORKS. Vienna, February 1. All tho workmen at tho Whitehead torpedo works at Fiamo have been dismissed owing to several of them attacking and wounding tho chief engineer after an altercation.