GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1666, 5 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telesraph—Presß Association—Oopyrlsht ::;./.,;.- ..'': . ■ '»'■'. '".',"', ■'■,■:", ,-.'.. OVERSEAS ULSTERMEN AND HOME ■:;:';;,,:' y RULE.;:.,-,'■'; ■ ■: '.- ".' ! i' ./, London,.February 'i,..,[ . Sir Edward .Cdrsbttj'-leader oft'hb'lrish Unionists, has ... published a .- resolution adopted by tho focal Irishmen's Assoeia-'.' tion in : Melbourne,. promising that thb'. loyalists of the Dominions will. not '■. forsake Ulster. ~ ■"■'■'.' l ' '■'i.■'■ ■ ' ■ ';•/'.•:■'•■.! ADMIRAL PROMOTED. /;//•'' ; \-'' .London, February.4. Vice-Admiral l Sir William Henry 'May, 0:C.B.; Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth since ,1940, lias been jpromoted tobd an Adhnral'o'f the Fleet, . ! ,; '\ ALLEGED FRAUD. ':'■■ "•'" --" , •".'. ■.'■.' Berlin, February 4. Seven amber, dealers have been charged with defrauding the Prussian Treasury of iGoO.OOO by infringing; the , amber State monopoly. ..'-..■,■■'"■;,, - >,'-.'■■ . - ' : i\ : v ;•;' lord; hardinge. V -,;.;■■- !.';'■'. •'. ■( ■<.. .Delhi, February 4. .'_ 'The Viceroy, Lord Hdrdinge, is progressing towards recovery. , ■ ■'.;' u ■ ' SUPPOSED FLIGHT OF MISSING ;-.',..;■-.; .■■.'....;•''■;' vicar.. :/ r.v---.," :\ , ; , ■.■.'."■■■■)•.-'■ : London, February 3. ,' ■ ' 'The Chief Constable'-', at Leeds states that.: the Rev. :Albeft Knight, Vicar 'of Christ Church, Hunslet,",.whoso wife re-' ported that she sawihim fall over-Flam-borough; Head, is not dead,.but has left the country .under an assumed hams. It is believed that he has gone to Australia. ;-.■'': ,'TREVANION CASE. ' •.'. ,- London, February. 3. ■ In connection, with tho estato of Hugh Trevanion; into : the circumstances of whose death-an inquiry is beingheld, tho Probate Court has appointed a'Receiver, pending action being taken. : . - IMMIGRANTS - FOR THE EMPIRE. ..'■'■'■ ;.■■'■'' London, February 3.-'. ■ -The "Pall Mall Gazette'' states that America's check to immigration under Senator Durnetfs Bill'may have important consequences by ■ leading > prospective ehiigrants to scrutinise the attractions of Australia and the other Dominions. FATAL PICTURE THEATRE PA-NIC. -.-.' :' Now York, February 3. Two people are dead 'as the result of a boy's cry of "Firo" raising a panic in a picture theatre. ::Fonr: hundred ofthose present dashed; for the doorways, and many women were-trampled on. Two women afterwards died in a hospital. CIVIL SERVICE WAGES INCREASED., .;.)"' . ' Melbourne, February 4. V The Victorian Public Service'Eeclassifi-. cation adds: between. .625,000; and to. salaries, yearly. .- FLOOD" IN .QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, February 4. It is reported that there is a big flood in the Johnstone River. '.' Seventeen dead horses and two houses were seen floating down stream. Probably tho cane and banana crops will.be heavily damaged.

. . •' : • 'SCHOONER MISSING.' ' :■'•."■" 'Brisbane, February I. The schooner Daicing Wave is missings -' ,■■ "' '-■ ' . HOT DAY IN'MELBOURNE.: ■ Melbourne, February 4." To-day was tho hottest day of the season, the thermometer reaching lOodeg; Fahr. in tho shade. . ' . FITZROY MURDER CHARGE. Melbourne, February 4. Counsel to-day applied for bail for.tho man Thompson, charged with tho murder of Mr. Henry Trotter, at Fitzroy, on the ground,that the prisoner desired to obtain evidence as to ihis whereabouts on tho night, of the tragedy.' Tho application was refused. '~' ■ A HEROIC GIRL. Fremantle, February 4. At a meting of 'citizens, Florrie'Waters, daughter of tho keeper of tho Rottncst Island lighthouse, who in December rescued her father from drowning after a heroic struggle, . was presented with a purse of, sovereigns mid also .ClO, subscribed by Sydney citizens.