GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1767, 4 June 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By TclenraDh—Press Association—flop yrisht

AUSTRALIAN TURF. (Rec. June 4, 1 a.m.) Sydney, June 3. Tho entries so far received for the Epsom are 170, awl for the Metropolitan 149. The list includes Valido. - Melbourne, Ju.no 3. Tho Caulfleld Cup entries arc not available here. A. "SUTTEE" FANATIC. Delhi, Juno 3. The wife of a Brahmin, at Lueknow, declaring that she had becomo "suttee," set fire to her clothing as her husband's body was borno to the burning ghat. Tho flames were extinguished. She then tried to throw herself into th® funeral pyre, but was arrested. SYDNEY'S GAS STRIKE—THE AFTERMATH, Sydney, June 3. Tho State Industrial Department has issued between two and three hundred summonses against the Gas Company employees who participated in the recent strike. SUFFRAGETTE LEADER ILL. ' London, Juno 2. Mrs. Drummond, one of tho suffragette leaders, has been successfully operated on for an internal complaint. Another, operation will bo necessary in a fortnight's time. GERMAN WARSHIP AGROUND. Berlin, Juno 2. Tho cruiser Bleucher, 15,550 tons displacement, went aground in a thick fog at tho Great Belt, and is leaking. All her coal and ammunition were removed, and the guns taken off her. Tho cruiser was afterward refloated. SOUTH AFRICAN EXCISE DUTIES. Cape Town, June 3. Tho Assembly has agreed to increased excise duty on spirits, uniform throughout the Union, and also an increased Customs duty on spirits.