GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1724, 15 April 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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— » RAILWAY WRECK IN CANADA. Montreal, April 14. An excursion train on tlie Grand Trunk Railway wa9 wrecked, i Seven persons were killed and fifteen injured. ARCHBISHOP OP CANTERBURY ILL. London, April 13. Dr. Davidson, 'Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate, is suffering from a severe attack of influenza. PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD TROUBLE. m , „ London, April 13. The fitters at Portsmouth dockyard have refused to work overtime, and demand an increase in pay. The authorities anticipate serious inconvcniencc. BURGLARS AND LOOT CAPTURED. London, April 13. Two armed burglars \woro captured at Tonbridge in possession of four thousand pounds' worth of jewellery. HIGHER WAGES FOR MINERS: London, April 13. Mr. Stephen Walsh, Labour 51, P. for South-West Lancashire, has announced an impending 5 per cent, advance in miners wages. FIVE PERSONS DROWNED; London, April 13. A barg© sank at Sheerness, and five persons wero drowned. POSTAL OFFICIALS AND OVERTIME. London, April 13. The Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association voted for a fighting policy against systematic overtime apart from emergency work. They accused tlio officials of seeking to kill the agitation for a seven hours' day. M. POINCARE AND KING GEORGE. Paris, April 13. M. Raymond Poincare, the President of France, will visit King Georgo of Englaud in June next. PIGEON SHOOTING ABOLISHED. Paris, April 13. M. Poincare, the President, has abolished pigeon shooting, at Rambouillct, for humanitarian reasons. •' EXTENSIVE SWINDLING ALLEGED. Paris, April 13. Eugene Carbonnenu, a Canadian, was- arrested when landing at Boulogne, and charged with swindles amounting to .£BO,OOO. RAILWAY COLLISION IN BELGIUM. Brussels, April 13. A workman's train collided with the Ostcnd express. Twelve persojis wero sorioia.-Iy injured. v BOMB EXPLOSION. Lisbon, April 13. A bomb exploded in a house and wounded the maker. The latter's parents liavo been arrested, and several half-finished bombs seized. AUSTRIAN RAILWAY LOAN. Vienna, April 13. Austria is contracting for a 122,000,000 marks (about ,£G,000,000) State railway loan from German banks. CYCLONE IN THE ISLANDS. Sydney, April 13. Steamers arriving from tlio Islands report a cyclone. OVERDUE STEAMER SAFE. Sydney, April 13. .Tim overdue sleamer Blaxland lias arrived from Richmond River. / PARKVILLE SHOOTING. Melbourne, April 11. Constable M'Cosker, who was shot nl. <uu( wounded by urmvd Oikvcs at Parkvillc last week, is recovering,