GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright , . THE AMERICA CUP. London, March 14. Yachting circles are surprised at tlio New:- York Yacht Club's refusal of Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for the America Cup. BROKEN HILL FATALITY. Sydney, March 15. Threo men have been killed by a fall of earth at the Broken Hill North mine.

GODALMING. TRAGEDY. London, March 14. The verdict in connection with the Godalining tragedy was, that Mrs. Jeffreys had been found drowned, and that the daughter had committed suicide while' insane. [Miss Natalie Jeffreys, a wellctjnnectcd young lady, left a letter stating that she was going to die in a pond, and advising, her mother to do the same. Tho mother received tho letter at 4 o'clock in tho morning, and immediately left the house. The servants followed, and' found tho bodies in a pond.] TOWNSHIP GUTTED. ' Adelaide, March 14. Fire gutted tl}e whole of the shopping centre of tho township of Waikerie. Tho damage amounted to iSOOO. A -NEW GOVERNOR. Sydney, March 14. Tlip new State Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, and Lady Strickland have arrived, and have received an enthusiastic welcome. . Sir Gerald Strickland was sworn in and presented with addresses of welcomo fro.n various religious bodies. SETTLERS FOR WEST AUSTRALIA. London, March 13. The Midland Railway Compauy of West Australia has engaged Mr. Gilbert to supervise for three months the procuring of settlers. Mr. Gilbert retains his post as State Emigration Officer. footballand" BETTING.' London, March 13. A private member has introduced the Football Association's Anti-Betting Bill, prohibiting the publication and the sale of coupons. A NEW K.C.M.G. London, March 13. Sir J. W. Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, has had the enter of K.C.M.G. coiueried upon him. THEATRICAL'DIVORCE CASE. London, March 13. Marcellus Jlonuul, an actor, hiis divorefcd his wife. The co-responuent was Captain James Archibald Morrison, an ex-member ni'-the House of Commons, who agreed to the damages as 4)500. LONDON ALDERMEN. London, March 13. Messrs. Chelmsford and Jackson, of the Municipal Reform Party, have been elected aldermen. CYCLONE IN AMERICA. New York, March 13. A cyclone destroyed tho town of Provencal. Three people are dead and fifteen injured. A relief train lias lieeu dispatched.