GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1738, 1 May 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Proas Association—Copyright $ SMALLPOX. (Rec. May 1, 0.23' a.m.) ■ Newcastle, April 30. The barque E. J. Spence, which has arrived here from Mauritius, has five of her crew suffering from smallpox. Ons man succumbed from the disease during the voyage. The pilot, who boarded the vessel hero will also be placed iu quarantine with the barque at Sydney. 'soldiers INCAPACITATED. Berlin, April SO. Wliilo drilling at Strasburg, twenty-ono soldiers wero overcomo by the effects of a heat wave, and had to be sent to the hospital.

RECIPROCITY -CONFERENCE. Melbourne, April 30. Mr. F. G. Tudor and Mr. F. M. D. Fisher, tho Federal and New Zealand Customs Ministers, have further conferred regarding reciprocity. Mr. Fisher, Federal Prime Minister, will participate in the conference with them to-day. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. Sydney, April 30. A tragedy has oocurred at Ashfield Park, where a Frenchman, named Alvian 6hot and critically wounded his wife and then shot himself dead. Tho.couplo had recently separated, and jealousy was the cause of tho crime. DISCOVERY OF THE PACIFIC. London, April 29. Tho Royal Geographical Society proposes to celebrate tho four hundredth anniversary of Vasco de Balboa's disoovcry of tho Pacific Ocean. [Vasco Nunez de Balboa, a Spanish soldier, went to America in 1500, and made numerous explorations. From tho Indians he learned that there was a great sea to the south (tho Pacific), and far. southward a country rich in gold, where the people were civilised (Peru). Ho set out from Darien in 15i3 to discover these, with a small force f and after an, adventurous journey reached on September 25 a mountain, from which ho first saw tho Pacific.]

A VALIANT STATIONMASTER. Paris, April 29. Ten. desperadoes attacked the Chavillo 6tationi. The stationmaster stoutly defended it. He narrowly escaped revolver shots. Two arrests liavo been. made. NYASSALAND. London, April 29. Mr. George Smith, Colonial "Secretary of Mauritius, lias been appointed Governor of tho Nyassaland Protectorate, i|) succession to Sir William Manning, who has becomo Governor of Jamaica. MISHAP TO NEW STEAMER. London, April 29. The steamer Poonbar, from Glasgow for Sydney, has arrived at Holyhead with her machinery damaged. [The Poonbxr is a new steamer, which was scheduled to sail from the Clyde for Sydney on April 29.] GERMAN BUDGET. Berlin, April 29. In tho Reichstag, the Budget was read a third time. WELL-EARNED DETENTION. Berlin, April 29. Captain Koehler was sentenced to half a year's detention in a fortress for his connection, with forty-livo cases of illtreatment of recruits at Thorn, Western Prussia. BAPTIST UNION STATISTICS. London, April 29. The report of tho Baptist "Union states that thero has been a decrease of two thousand members and nearly fivo thousand Sunday school children, THE TERRA NOVA. Rio de Janeiro, April 29. Tho Antarctic exploration ship Terra Nova has arrived here. SUSPECTED INFORMANT SHOT DEAD. New York, April 29. A mail named Jerry Maida, suspected of aiding tho attorney in the investigation of police "graft," was shot dead in the street. Five members of a gang have been arrested. RECORD AEROPLANE ACHIEVEMENT. Paris, April 29. At Rhoims, Lieutenant Brochard aeroplaried with two passengers to a height of 7500 ft. This is a record. Next time you order coffco from the grocer, got 'Camp" Coffee. Because of its convenience, tho ease with which it is made, its lino flavour its purity and wholesomeness, "Camp" is best to buy.— Advt. Austin, new modal. 12 li.p. (R.A.C.-rat-ing 1-1.3); car, complete with ft lamps, hood. windshield, detachable steel wh"els ;md spare wheel; latest design of Vmlv; ;t-!n0. Renault, 13.9. willi similar priii'ipmriit, rtW), Scott Motor Agency, ' w fillincton.—Advt,