GENERAL CABLEGRAMS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1723, 14 April 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

HEAVY SNOW IN BRITAIN. (Rec. ApriL 13, 5.5 p.m.) _ London, April 12. Heavy snow has fallen in tlie Midlands, the north-eastern counties, and the west of Scotland, doing _ serious damage to the lambing. TraiHc is also impeded. A STRIKE AVERTED. Sydney, April 12. It is _ believed that the threatened trouble in the milk distributing, business has been averted as tho result of a conference between the employers and employees. STEAMER OVERDUE. Brisbane, April 12. The coastal steamer Blaxland, .from Sydney to Brisbane, has not been heard of since passing tho Seal Rocks on April 5. CHIEF OF THE BASUTOS. Cape Town, April 12. Lord Gladstone, Governor-General of South Africa, visited: Maseru, tho capital of Basutoland, and installed Griffiths as paramount chief of Basutoland, in succession to his brothel' Letsie, who died in January last. ' BIG NUGGET OF GOLD. , Perth, April 12. Prospectors -unearthed a nugget of gold weighing 168! ounces at Ruby Well, a new field fifty miles from Mcekatharra, INDIAN FINANCE. London, April 12. A Royal Commission has been appointed to investigate Indian finance and currency. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, M.P.,, will be chairman. LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET. London, April 12. At the Lord Mayor's banquet at tho Mansion House, the German Ambassador, Prince Lichnowsky, was the principal guest. Mr. Peak, Premier of South Australia, responded for tho colonial guests. LATE MR. PIERPONT MORGAN. New York, April 12. Crowds lined the streets to watch the arrival of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan's body, which, lies, -until the funeral, in his private library, surrounded by art treasures. SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE COUNCIL Capo Town, April 12. General Wcssells has. succeeded General De Wet on tho Union Council of Defence. MADAME POINCARE DEAD. Paris, April 12. The death is announced of -Madame Poincare, mother of M. Raymond Pomcare, President of France. Madame Poincaro died suddenly. [Madaino Poincaro is tho mother of two distinguished sons, , one tho President of the Republic, and tho other the Inspector-General of Public Instruction in France, and a famous physicist. The father, M. Nicolas' Poincare, was a Civil Servant, and a wellknown meteorologist.] SIR GEORGE REID. London, April 12. Sir George Eeid, High Commissioner for Australia, sails for New York on April 26 to attend the Peace Centenary Congress. DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. London, April 13. The temperature and pulse of the Duchess of Connaught, who recently underwent an operation, are now normal. FAST CROSS-CHANNEL FLIGHT. London, April 12. Mr. Hamel, the well-known aviator, made a. non-stop flight, carrying n passenger, from Dover to Dunkirk, on tho French .coast, and back. Tho distance, about ion miles, was covered in 95 minutes. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE RECORDED. Vionna, April It. Tho Laibach Observatory • recorded a severe earthquake fiSOO miles distant. CLERK EMBEZZLES .£30,000. Madrid, April 11. A Treasury clerk, forging a document, embezzled thirty thousand pounds. ANARCHISTS DERAIL INDIAN TRAIN Calcutta, April 11. Anarchists derailed the Punjab mail train. Much damage was done. Four similar attempts were mado within a week. BANK FRAUDS 7N BURMA. Rangoon, April 11. Clifford (a director of tho Bank of Burma) and SI radian (tho manager) woro sentenced to two years' imprisonment. for falsifying a balance-sheet; and Mower (another director) to eighteen months' imprisonment.

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