GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1719, 9 April 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

■NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY . 4 . . London,.. April 8. The New Zealand .Bhippinp Comftinj lias dcclnml an interim dividend of Ss. COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL DEFENCE „ ... London. April 8. The Prime" Minister, Mr. Asiiuith, informed Mr. W.. H. I our, M.P., tlmt •it is undesirable to widen the scope of the Committee of National Defence,. but tho suggested iilquiry into- the wider aspects' of Imperial 1 defence would he examined iiv'due course. . OBITUAIIY. •'•' //London, April 8. The death is announced of Lady Dnrley, widow of the late Sir Frederick Dnrley, formerly Chief Justice of New South Wales. ' EAININ NEW SOpTH WALES. , .Sydney, Aprils. A general soakinir rain continues, with heavy wenther<oti'the- const. Shipping i« delayed. ' !.'• HOUSE OF LOIiDS IU2FOHM, ' _ ' London, April 8. Mr. Asquith, in replying to a question- * in the House of Commons,- stated a .Bill for the reform of the House of. Lords would not bo introduced- this vear.. — / 131UTISH TRADE 1N.., MARCH. , London, .\pril 7, Tho Hoard of Trade returns show that for the month elided-March 31 tho vnluo ' of imports iiiereased by .£180,531. while exports decreased by ,tl)7. r >,!)7(i, . and roexports decreased by .£1,233,183, as compared with March, I'Jll RUSSIAN SUBMARINE SINKS. St. Petersburg, April 7. ■ ' Tho submarine Minoga (400 tons) -sank off Libou. It was nn hour nhd a half before slio was raised, but the crew wero not harmed. ' ITALIAN VOLCANOES ACTIVE. • Tho volcanoes of Etna, ■Vesuvius! and Sti'omboli aro active. ' FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION, ' 1 Vienna, .April 7. hour persons were hilled ' and five' seriously injured in a collision between passetwr nnd ijoods trains at ! Jlungury. ~ ..- . ALLEGED TRAMWAY VlWlfos. Sydney, April 8. i The police unearthed a plant for print-' mg- tram tickets, and arrested two .conductors, who arc alleged to have ln-?u defrauding the Government for several years by this, method.'