GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1689, 4 March 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Br TolflEraph—Pr«B» ABSooiatloh—Oopyrluht >- ROBBERS WIRE A ROAD. (Reo. Marcli 3, 11.10 p.m.) Berlin, Maroli 3. , A wire, strotclied across tho road .at Henniiigsdorf, near Berlin, by robWs, swept throe persons out of a motor-car, killing two. j GTTNBOAT TORCH ASHORE.' Launceston, March 3. The gunboat Torch went aground while entering the Tamar River. Two' attempts to tow ner off failed. PROWLERS OP THE AIR, London, March 2. The captain and crew of a merchant ship report seeing. a foreign airship nt Humber on Monday night. STEAMERS ICE-BOUND. , St. Petersburg, March 2. Thirty steamers arc frozen up in tho Gulf of Rigo. Ice-breakers liavo been sent to release them. RECORD BIRTH-RATE. London, March 2. The birth-rate in England and Wales for 191',! was '23.8 per 1000, the death-rate 13.3. These are record figures. ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Paris, March 2. Jr. do Payer is organising an Arctic Expedition. The French Government is assisting, and will establish a wireless station. Tho expedition will include two aviators. AVIATOR KILLED. Paris, March 2. Lieutenant Portonn was killed whilst endeavouring to avoid colliding with an aerodrome. NEW TELEGRAPH STATION. Sydney, March 3. The Government is trying the Creedbillo Telegraph system, whirh perforates nnd prints messages up to 120 words per minute.