GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1749, 14 May 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright PASSENGERS FOR NEW ZEALAND. (Ecc. May 13, 9.10 p.m.) Melbourne, May 13. _ Tho Morea. lias arrived from London. She has tho following passengers for New Zealand :■ —Messrs. Hutchinson and I'rcibsrg; Colonel Perkins; Mrs. Elmore, alid Misses Morrow and Rothschild. ALIEN RESTRICTION. . (Rec. May li, 0.15 a.m.) Cape Town, May 13. The Immigration Restriction Bill has passed its second reading. DC/CHESS OF CONNAUGHT. London, May 13. The Duchess of Connaught continues to make satisfactory progress. A SPEAKER'S REFORMS. Sydney, May 13. Mr. Speaker Willis is continuing his reforms tit' Parliament House. He has dismissed four more messengers. MOTOR-CYCLING RECORD. Melbourne, May 13. Bailey, on a 2:j h.p. motor-cycle, covered 5,1 i miles in an hour. This' is an Australasian record. EMPIRE_ TRADE COMMISSION. Hobart, May 13. Tho Empire Trade Commission has commenced taking evidence here. TYPHOON IN THE PHILIPPINES. London, May 12. The typhoon at Manila caused fifty-eight death-;, li rent damage lo property was dona. OVER-SUIiSCIIIBED. London, May 12. Messrs. Lever Bros., snap manufacturers, recently issued 1,000,000 (J per cent. «£1 cumulative preference shares nt Is. premium. The shares have been ovcr-sub-scribed.

FRANCO-GERMAN ENTENTE. Berne, Mav 12. Over one hundred French Deputies and Senalors attended the opening of the Socialist Congress to promote a FrancoGevmcii Entente. Only thirty-four Germans (member.-, of the Reichstag) were present. EGYPTIAN EXPLORERS. London, May 12. The British Archa-ehxrical School lias discovered a large cemetery at Tarklian, forty miles from Cairo. Same of (lie buj'inls took place seven thousand years ago. They reveal the fact that a cusjoni existed of offering food to tho dead. The explorers have also clearrd over au acre of Ptah's Temple at Memphis.

A GRUESOME DISCOVERY. Berlin, May 12. Very mutilated portion? of the body of a sch'oolbov named Otto Klaehn were found hidden away in various parti of the Potsdam Railway Station.