GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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' , ; THE LEICHHARDT TRAGEDY. .' ' : (Reo. February 21, 9.10 p.m.) • Sydney, February 21. .A'man' has been -arrested-in .'connection with the Leichhardfc tragedy.. -He was fined for behaving: riotously, ■ but there was no evidence to connect'him with the fatality.- . . ... ROYAL FLYING CORPS. (Rce. February 21, 10.25 p.m.) London, Fefiruary 21. i The British : Royal Flying Corps will possess a hundred aeroplanes by the end of March next. ' ! ' ' ' 1 . . .N.Z. LOAN AND JIERCANTILE. : (Rec. February 31, 10.25 -p.m.) ' . : " London, February 21. ■ Mr. Justice NeviUe' has Confirmed the New. Zealand,'-- Loan and Mercantile Agency's plan of .reorganisation - ALASKA TO ASIA BY 1 WIRELESS. (Reo. February 21, 0.20 p.m.) ' Washington, February 21. The United States Government is es. tablishing wireless- communication between Alaska and Asia. 1 ; H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. (Etc, February 21,10,20 p.m.) , London, February 21; 1 The battleship .New Zealand has left Asconsion, on rorito for tho Cape. .' ;. JAPANESE WARSHIPS.' Sydney. February 21. . The, Japaneso warships have departed. ... ~ : LONDON DOCK COMPANY London, February 20. The London Dock Company is providing more suitable means for display.TORTOISESHELL AT FANCY PRICES. London, February 20.." : At | a iecent dale an exhibition' lot of; tortoiseshell fetched .515 per pound; DIRECT WIRELESS TO NEW TORE. . London,. February 20. The Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company is erecting- a station at Towvn, Wales, for communication' with New York, direct. . . LYELL MINE RESCUER DEAL*. Hobart, February 21. Albert Gadd, who was a prominent participator in resoue work after the North Mount Lyell- disaster, has succumbed to pneumonia. - . STATE SCHOOL FURNITURE. , r _ Sydney, February. 21. Mr. Carmichaelj Minister., for Publie Instruction, has expended .£9OOO on the purchase of a factory for the manufacture of furniture for the State schools. IRON AND STEEL WORKS. 1 , ... Sydney, February' 21. It is anticipated that the Iron and Steel Works Company's works, being erected afc Newcastle, will be nearing completion-1 two years hence. ROMAN CATHOLIC BEQUESTS. , ■ London, February 20. Mr. Christopher I/angaiij a Dublin merchant, left an estate worth Of tlns amount ,£IBO,OOO is left to Roman Catholic'-institutions in Ireland. Ho beniieatlled > ,6200 to Sister M. Joseph, of St. Clair s Convdnt, Sydney; A RAINLESS COAST, - ■at. Brisbane, February 21. Hot weather and a protracted absenos of rain are seriously affecting some districts on the South Coast. Dairying areas aro. suffering severely.