GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1754, 20 May 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright STRANDED VESSEL REFLOATED. (Rec. May 20, 0.40 a.m.) Sydney, May 19. Tho five-masted schooner George E. Billings, from Puget Sound, wliicli was driven ashore on a tandbank at Botany Bay during tho recent storm, lias been refloated. ENTOMBED MINERS PERISH. ■ Now York, May 18. Explosions wrecked the Ognra Coal Company's Imperial mine at Belle Valley, killing two minors outright, fatally wounding three, and cntomLing sixteen others. "\Vhen the rescue parlies reached tho entombed miners, they found that all tho men were dead. AERIAL CONTEST. London, May 18. In a flying match from Ilendon to Elstreo and back, Pickles conceded Slask a start of lj minutes, and won by a quarter of a mile. INCENDIARY FIRES. Berlin, May 18. Incendiary tires destroyed two big timber yards at Lubeck; also a Finnish ship. DUCHESS OP CONNAUGHT. London, May 18. Tho improvement in the condition of the. Duchess of Connaught continues. , a premier's~Tnvestigations. London, May 18. Mr. Watt, Premier of Victoria, v ill visit tho' Liverpool Docks on Tuesday next. ' PRUSSIAN ELECTIONS. Berlin, May IS. The elections for the Lower House of tho Prussian Diet resulted in the Con-servative-Centre Alliance retaining its overwhelming superiority. [Tho constitution of the Lower House after the last election was given as follows: —Conservatives 151, Free Conservatives G2, National Liberals G5, Progressives '37, Centre 103, Poles 15, t Socialists C, Independents 4.] ' ICING ALFONSO'S BIRTHDAY. Madrid, May 18. The President of France, in conveying the French Parliament's birthday greetings to King Alfonso, hinted that closer relations between France and Spain would follow the King's recent visit to France.

THE CHILDERS SHOOTING AFFAIR. Brisbane, May 19. The woman Carter, shot at Childers by a man named Carey, who then committed suicide by taking poison, has succumbed to her injuries. MADAME CLARA BUTT. Melbourne, May 19. Madame Clara Butt had an enthusiastic reception from a packed house on the opening night of her concert season. BEQUESTS BY SIR TATTON SYKES. London, May IS. The late Sir Tatton Svkes bequeathed to seventeen churches iSoOO each for their upkeep. AUSTRALIA'S f FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL. Sydney, May 19. St. John's Church, Parramatta, celebrated the centenary of the first Sunday school established in Australia. FRENCH ARMY EXPENDITURE. Paris, May 18. The Bill to provide for Army expenditure does not mention how the money is to be raised. Thirty-two millions sterling will to required to meet the increased personnel' and new armaments. VINEYARDS DEVASTATED BY FLOODS. Paris, May 18. Raiin, followed by floods, has caused serious damage in the Champagne region. Many vineyards have been devastated, villages isolated, aud stock drowned. TRAGIC DEATH OF A DEAN. London, May 18. While Mr. Bonar Law, Leader of the Unionist party, was playing golf with the Very Rev. Reginald Webster. Dean of the Chapel Royal, Dublin, the Dean dropped dr.ad. [D<",ui Webster was born at Cork in ISGO, and was educated at Charterhouso and Trinity Colleee, Dublin. Tie was Chaplain to the Household of the LordLieutenant and Canon •of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Dean was appointed to (hp Chapel Royal, Dublin, in 1905.]