GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1698, 14 March 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright . .Y " .'' 1 ; TOUR OP H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. / Adelaide; March 13. The Acting-Premier, Jlr. Butler, has requested Admiral Sir Day BoSanquet to ask Mr. Harcourt; 'Secretary of State for the Colonies, to instruct the battleship New. Zealand to visit South Australia. j Cape Town, March 13. / H.M.S., New Zealand's contingent re- , ceived' a civic welcome, at Pretoria, and the members of 'the German Club ten- j dered them a reception., ■ ' TARIFF REFORM ( PROGRESS. ; London, March 13. The Tariff Reform League's annual report states that ; the . preference cause within the Empire,' except. in the United Kingdom, has definitely advanced. EFFICIENCY OF THE ' NAVY. : . London, March 13. . "Admiral Sir Percy Scott is . retiring ■ from the. Navy. Speaking at the Associated Chambers of Commerce Conference, banquet, he declared that the Navy never more efficient than to-day. BAKERS'. STRIKE AVERTED. '' London, March 13. The niastefs and men have accepted a Board-of-Trade' agreement averting a bakers' strike., The men's'terms have been conceding, with the exception of substituting fifty-four for sixty hours weekly. BERNHARDT IN A MOTOR "WRECK. New York, March' 13. Madame Sarah Bernhardt, the celebrated actress, while .a'utpmobiling i at. Los Angeles, collided'! with* a--motor • l truck. / • Her ankles were''wrenched and-her hip lacerated, but' she insisted on appearing in a vaudeville , programme. The automobile was wrecked.' • ' ' ' : r SHIPMASTER. ACQUITTED. ' Adelaide, March 13. The captain of t the ship Dimsdale has been acquitted on a charge of hianslauphter in connection with the drowning of the two men lost in'the collision of his ship with a harbour lighthouse on November 17 last. ■ ANTARCTIC DISASTER FUND. I : Sydney, March 13. The "Sun's" Scott shilling fund has yielded .£144. ___ MANSLAUGHTER CASE. London, March 12. Morris - Loufer, tobacconist, has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment at the Old Bailey on a charge of manslaughter and firing his premises in January last. - ; 9 /Samuel Loufer was acquitted. . . THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. ■ London, March 12. Many newspapers i publish ' congratulations on the naming of -the Federal Capital. .' , . H.M.S. AUSTRALIA. London, Maroh 12. It is officially stated that H.M.S. Australia's eight-hours' trial was a' complete' success. . FRENCH SUBMARINE DISASTER. Paris, March 12. The seven victims of the explosion on the submarine Foucault are dead. NORTON-HOARE LIBEL CASE. Melbourne,, March 13. Mr. Benjamin Hoare and'. Mr. John Norton have each issued a writ against each other claiming damages for ! libel.. . A SCHOONER WRECKED. Adelaide, Maroh 13. The schooner Black Albatross, with a • cargo of superphosphates, struck Eclipse Reef. The captain and crew were Tescued , with difficulty. AN EX-ACTOR^""CHARITIES. London, March 12. . ' During seventeen years Sir Squire Ban- ■ croft, the well-known, retired actor, has 1 read Dickens's "Christmas Carol" 150' t times, and has devoted .C 20.000 of the ■ proceeds to charities. .. j THE THAMES IRONWORKS. London, March 12. -.The auctioning of the property of the Thames Ironworks has begun. [The ' Thames' Ironworks in November, 1911, E went into liquidation, after failing to obs tain an) Admiralty contract.]