GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1714, 3 April 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

— By Tcleßrapli—Press AsEooiation-Oopyriglit. ■■ • ' <f- — A MINISTER ON TOUR. lr . . ■ London, April l. n Mr. Holraan, Federal Attorney-General, visited ahd was entertained- by tho workmen of tlio cabiucit-nmting: firm in London whero. ho was apprenticed. Ho lunched with Lord Haldane, Lord Chancellor, and discussed legal matters, particularly ioi regard to the operation of tho Court of Criminal Appeal. ■' IMMIGRANTS FOR WEST AUSTRALIA. c . ~ ■ " London, April 1. bir Newton Moore, Agent-General for Western Australia, has arranged with the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company for several of the company's liners to call at. Frcmantle, commencing with tlio Demosthenes, 11,22.') ions, saiJiji;«- on Thurtiday next with 25(1 third-class inisscngers for Western Australia. ; STEAMER ON FIRE. ' , _ . Rome, April 1. IJie Hungarian-Levant' Shipping Company's steam or Attila, from Sydney, has arrived a.t Barri, oil tho oast coast of Italy, with her No. 1 hold cargo .damaged by lire and water. , HATPIN PERIL. Berlin, April 2. Ihe police liavo forbidden the wearing of hatpins without guards. Offenders are liable to a fino of COs. COMMONWEALTH REVENUE. 'Melbourno, April 2. The Federal revenue for tho last nine months shows an increase of J275G.527 compared with the last corresponding period. SYDNEY FERRY SERVICE. Sydney, April 2. ■there is nil outcry against some of tho ferry companies raising the fares to mako up for tho extra, outlay caused bythe iujreases in tho men's pay as a result of Jie recent strike. ' - DUCK EGG,-LAYING RECORD. Sydney, April 2. At tho Hawkesbury Agricultural College lompotitinn, in Morrison's iK'.a six Indian ■miner ducks laid 1(101 eggs iu twelve Months—a. world's record. TIIE RULES OF CRICKET. Melbourne, April 2. <In an articlo in tlio "Argus, G. If. ). 'I'rott favours tlio English proposal to iltor the leg-beforc-wicket ; Title. Ho says t is time howlers wero given a proper 'oward for their skill in beating tho bat. SOCIETY ISLANDS COMPANY. London, April 2. A Society Islands Company, with a capi- . al of .£.'10,000 privately subscribed, has iK'ii formed to deal with coconuts. GERMAN BANKER ABSCONDS. _ . Berlin, April 2. Gustav Puppe, a banker at Kunstrin, las suspended payment, aiul has nbscond- ; (I. His liabilities total .W,500,000. His ; ailuro was duo to land speculation. 1 MAKING HOME HOMELIER. The Dresden Hire-Purchase System rings splendid pianos into the reach of verybody. The company's stock is very i'ide; you are offored the choicoof pianos •y all the great makers of the world.— i 'he Dresden Piano Company, Ltd.. Weiington. M, J, Brookea, North Island ' lanager. .