GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1700, 17 March 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegra.pli—Press Association—Copyright, NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY \ . 1 FORCE. London, March 14. Tho Imperial Government has replied to Now Zealand, concerning tho offer of a volunteer force in any part of tho Empire. YELLOW FEVER IN A GOVERNMENT . HOUSE. ' London, March 15. An outbreak of yellow fever has oc-, ctlrred at Government House, Accra, the' capital of the Gold Coast colony, and Lady Clifford, wile of tho Governor,' Sir Hugh Clifford, and an aide-de-camp ar<! striken. [Lady ,Clifford, who, .until 1910, was Mrs. Henry do la Pasture, is ' wellknown under that name as a novelist and dramatist, and is the authoress of the play "Peter's Mother," performed a year oi- two ago in Wellington.] S U FFRAGETTE WINDOW-SMASHING. London, March 15. - Two Suffragettes havo been committed for trial on' charges of smashing plateglass windows in Old Lord Street, Holboni. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. " London, March Ifi. Tho seismometer at West Bromwich has registered a severe shock of earthquake, seven'thousand miles distant. 1 It is supposed that the shock occurred in tho Suuda Islands, in the East. Indies. LABOUR M.P.. AND THE KING. ' ' i ' ; London, March 15. Mr,. Will Thome, Labour M.P. for West Ilam, has refused to meet their Mnjesties in their visit to Stratford, on the ground that he does not: believo the visit will mitigate thi chronic poverty, of tho borough. MINING ACCIDENT. Cape Town, March IG. The fusing of an electric wire ignited the timbering of a Jagersfontein mine, and four natives were suffocated by an enormous fall of the reef. NINE LIGHTERMEN DROWNED. . New York, March 11. ■ An .unknown vessel rail down tho steam lighter Wickoff in tho harbour at night. Nine lightermen were drowned. : SALVAGE AWARD. i London, March 14. The Admiralty Court has awarded .£4300 to the owners of tho steamer Glenlochy and .£ISOO to tho officers in connection with tho salving of tho Star of Australia, which broke down between Australia and Aden. COOKS ON STRIKE. London, March 14. Fifty' cooks in the Criterion Restaurant struck in the customers' presence, as tho management had been disregarding tho Shops Act. 4 OXFORD V.- CAMBRIDGE. At the University sports Oxford and Cambridge tied—five events each. _ Ashrington (Cambridge) won the long jump, with 28ft. s|in.—a record. PRESENTATION TO MR. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN. London, March 11. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has been presented by tho Tariff Reform Leaguo with a subscription gift of .£5714. CYCLONE AT BUENOS AYRES. Buenos Ayres, March 11. During a cyclone several people were killed and many injured. Great damage was done to properly.