GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1695, 11 March 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ) - ♦ .TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE. Berne, 7(arch 10. The International Telegrapn -Confer, ence is to meet in London 011 September 20. LORD CHELMSFORD DEPARTS. Sydney, March 10. The retiring State Governor, Lord Chelmsford, accompanied by Lady Chelmsford, has departed, for London. Their Excellencies were given an enthusiastic farewell. IMPRISONED EMPRESS RELEASED. Addis Absta, March 10. The Empress Taitu, Menelilc's consort, lias been, released, after having been intermed in the palace for three years. DISMISSED SERVANT'S REVENGE. Teheran, March 10. 1 It is believed that the attack on M. Constant, the Collector of Customs at Bushire, was due to the personal animosity of a dismissed servant. RUSSIAN' PRISONERS RELEASED. St. Petersburg, March 10. Under nil Imperial amnesty 51)3 prisoners have been released at Odessa, and the sentences of 840 reduced. H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. Cape Town, March 10. The New Zealand's officers have visited Ladysmith. Two other parties have been welcomed at Johannesburg and Blccm\ fontejn. VALUABLE MINERAL DEPOSITS. Delhi, March 10. It is reported ,thafc extensive deposits of iron, gold, copper,' and coal have been found on' the estate of the late Prince Mnhmed Bukteiir Sluili, 150 miles from Calcutta.

TRAWLER'S CREW PERISH. London, March 9. The|Hull trawler Admiral.Togo was wrecked at Iceland. Tho crew of twelve attempted to land in a boat, but it was swamped, and all perished. RUINED MAN'S SUICIDE, London, March 9. A man named Dimitresco, a Rumanian,, committed suicido at Brighton. He was ruined in a single day, losing ,£60,000 ill speculations. ANTI-SWEATING CAJirSTJN. London, March 9. Tho Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Gore, presided at a demonstration in Queen's Hall in London ill favour of the extension of the Trades Board Act. A resolution was passed urging the Government extend its scope. [Tho Act was passed in 1909. It provides for the establishment of boards in certain trades where sweating prevails,'and for the fixing and enforcement by these boards .of a minimum standard of wages.] BONUS FOR. GERMAN COTTON. Berlin, March 9. The Reiclistag lias voted .£IO,OOO for cotton cultivation in East Africa. Dr. Solfo, Minister for the Colonies, stated that Germany must follow England's lead, and compete with America. FINES FOR, UNRULY M.P.'S. Budapest, March 9. To combat obstruction, i lie. Hungarian Government has introduced standing orders by which fines may be imposed on refractory members. FIGHTING IN MOROCCO. Paris, March 9. Advices from Rabat. Morocco, state that the natives, in attacking the French camp at. Wodzem, lost 190 killed and 300 wounded. ! SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS. , Capo Town, March 9. General Hert&og asks the people to refrain from urging his reinstatement to Cabinet, as his and General Botha's opinions are too divergent. PREMIER RETIRING. Sydney, March 10. Tho "Daily Telegraph" says:-"It may be authoritatively stated I hat after tho present Parliament Sir. M'Gowen will not only relinquish the Premiership, but will retire altogether from an active political life."