GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1718, 8 April 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

♦- OLYMPIC—HAWKE COLLISION. Mr t0,., ■ London, April 6. • S' ni ' Company's anneal against tho 0 lympic-Hawke decision was dismissed, Hio Court held that the Olympic alone was blam'eAble.'fl'lie Olympic, sister ship .of >tho'''ffllfatod iitnnic, met with an accident on her second voyage, colliding , ivith; vH.M.S. Jlaivkp in tho Solent, and sustaiuiliK serious damage.] 1 ' fa WAGES RAISED IN IRON TRADE. " mi ' • ' , London, April G. h, m Ira f €s °f tho blast furnacemen on the lees hnva been-raiispd by 4} per cent. ' RIVAL WIRELESS SYSTEMS. ' Copenhagen, April G.' A committeo acting nnder instructions from Mr. Samuel, British Postmastertrencral, is studying long-distance wireless systems. It lias inspected tho Poulsen station. 1 ' MORE FLOODS IN AMERICA," t, , ~ Now York, April G. ' Floods aro threatening the coal mines at Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), l'ivo thousand miners are idle m consequence,"; , MAWSON EXPEDITION. „ . 'Melbourne, April 7. At- tlio university commemoration tho uovernOr urged that the Commonwealth should send an expedition lo . bring-■ back Dr. Mawson. beforo nest winter.' HIGHER FARES REFUSED. n ; i , Sydney, April 7. Juvo hundred Government employees at Cockatoo Island liavxj refusod to pay' any increased ferry fares for return season tickets, and havo arranged with private launches to convey them to and from work.

STEAMER, WRECKED IN NEW GUINEA. _ . Sydney, April 7. Tlio Burns, Pliilp Company's stcauior JUindoro, 213 tonsjgross, lias been wrecked at AOW Gumea./ Tlio vessel is full of water, l>ufc the crew liavo been saved. LORD DUDLEY'S SON INJURED. , London, April 7. Tho Hon. Roderick Ward, second sou of Lord Dudley, fonnerlv Governor-Gen-eral of Australia, was thrown from his horse while hunting, and lies unconscious. BARQUE CAPSlzisTia LIVES LOST. ml , , r . York, April 7. IliG barque Mine grounded at Astoria, aud "while }>eing towed into deep water capsized. Twenty-two persons wero drowned. GALE IN SYDNEY. ' Sydnsy, April 7, A heavy gale, with rain, is blowing with unabated vigour. There have been bountiful rains over tho whole State, excentiug tho south-western quarter. Thb falls continue. Five inches has been registered in tho city, and, 10|.inches at Katoomba. ' IRON ORE DEPOSITS. Cape Town, April 5. Promising deposits of iron oro uetween Kimberley aud Prieska have been.reported to tho Mines Department. , DEATH FROM"ANTHRAX. London, April 4. A workman who discharged Chinese hides at London, conveyed anthrax to Ins home. His wife is dead.

CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. ■ Melbourne, April 5. Spargo, a Customs officer; Hoy Ling, a Chinese interpreter, - and. two Chincso named Hey Poo and Hey Gin; were' .committed for trial on a charge of conspiracy in connection with tho admission of Chinese to tho Commonwealth. CRUSHED TO DEATH. Perth, April 5. A man named Philpotts, while attending to a steam crane, stumbled as tho grip scoop descended. Tho scoop gripped his body, swung him into tho' air,' and crushed him to death. "V SEA DEPTH. „ Brisbane, April 5. Tho Gorman surrey steamer Planet obtained <v sea depth of 9780 metres off."thePhilippines. This is a world's record. WHEAT YIELD. Melbourne, April 5. A revised official estimate of tho wheat yield gives 26,223,101 bushels, or an averago of 12.58. This is 3,078,600 bushels ibovo the pre-harvest estimate'.' ' Already 1,200,000 bushels havo been exported, and it is estimated that another ll),OOt),UOO will be exportable. ME, lIOLMAN IN ENGLAND. London, April 5. Mr. Holmnn (New South Wales Attor-ney-General) dined at Earl Beauchamp's to-night. Ho will spend tlio'.week-end ivith tho Earl of Harrowby, and will visit Dxford University on Monday. WELSH MINERS. London, April 4. Tho Wrexham (Denbighshire) minora, tvho struck as a protest against tho employment of non-unionists, havo resumed ivork. .V