GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1716, 5 April 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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' MR. PEAICB AT-BRISTOL. i London, April 3. Mr Pcake, Premier of South Alistrn-' lia, spent-two days tit Bristol as tho city s Kiiest. Ho met leading business men, ami discussed produce questions. NEW lIOULDEIi, STEAMER. London, April 3. 1 P'onlder Bros.' now steamer Tasmania* , Transport has been launched on tlifl Tyne. - • PICTURES' FOR 'MELBOURNE. London, April 3. Tho trustees of tho FclUm Bequest , Melbourne, have purchased for llio i\atioiml Gallery of Victoria, Arthur Leni. : oil's "Fugitives" for .CISU oml WjHor : Dover-ell's "Lady With Parrot for AlO.i. MADAME MELBA'S SON. Paris, April 8. _ After a serious relapse, Madame Melba R : son, who has been ill for tumo lime, is ; recovering. . • BARQUE DISMASTED. Sydney, < April 4. The French barque l'icrre -Antoniiw, * : steel vessel of 2200 tons K r<**. was lowed . into port in a dismasted condition. \i hH« vovauinß from Monto Video to Iscwcastlo in'ballast sho was struck .by a hurricalio , on February 21, and for ft tirno was help- : less, EMPIRE {TRADE COMMISSION. Brisbane, April i. Tho Empire Trade Commissioners are- ; visitiue tho sugar districts and mquirinp into tlio state of tho iudustlj. COMPENSATION. TOR- .STRIKERS. London, April 3. The executive of the National Union or Eailwavmen is vcinilmrsinb' tho employees of tho 'Narth-Kostorn Company who mm recently on sir ike. to (lie flxlont of .£IO,(HW, ill connection with tho Knox case. CRAMroOLLAPSKS. Svdniy, April 3. A crano collapsed «t Taylor's iron fount, dTy. Mto men vvro injured, two seru ously. ' ' . ACTOR KILLED IN MOTOR SMASH, Molbourno, April 3. Mr. Oswald Preston, a member of tli« "Smart Sit" Thcatriwil Company, was killed at' Geeloug through fv motor-catf , colliding with a verandah. I)ATtLINGTLUKST GAOL. , Sydney, April 3. Tho Government, has decided to close tlis Darlingluirst Gaol. t A hiuli school will ; lio erected on tho site. " - N ' A RETIRING GOVERNOR. Bombay, April 4. Lord Svdenhnm, formerly Sir Genres ' Bomibav 'Sydenham Clarke, was (ho centro of inanv farewell ceremonies oil tlio cvo of liis "retirement. Tho newspapers > mako oulogistio reference to liis services in promotine education and stampim; out sedition. It is proposed establish a • ■ CclleßO of Commerce and erect a statue . as memorials of his term of office.