GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1771, 9 June 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

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CRYSTAL PALACE PURCHASE. (Rec. Juno 8, 5.5 p.m.) London, Juno 7. The local authorities of South London have guaranteed half the amount necessary to acquire the Crystal Palace. The Lord Mayor lias opened a fund to raise the balance, Lord Stratheona has offered the final .£IO,OOO. ' SHIPYARD WORKERS. London, Juno 7. Failing any concession as to wages, the shipbuilding ■unions will declare a strike on June 14. MOUNT LYELL MINE CLEARED. . . Hobart, June 7. Tho general manager of tile Mount Lyell Company reports that the 1100 feet lovel is noiv practically free from water and the worlcs arc in good condition. CLONCURRY AIINERS IDLE. Brisbane, June 7. There is a strike, involving a thousand men, in the Cloncurry mining district. Tho men decline to continuo work upon tho contract system or picco-work. ANTI-MILITARISM IN FRANCE. Paris, June G, The police searched the houses of eleven militant Revolutionists and seized documents relating to anti-militarist propaganda and barracks. • ENGLISH BEET SUGAR. London, June G. The Cobden Club has memorialised tho Government to impose an excise duty on | boet- sugar produced at tho Cayley fac- : tory, Norfolk. AVIATOR AND LADY PASSENGER KILLED. Paris, June G. While biplaning, At. Bernard, an aviator, and a lady passenger were killed through tho machine capsizing in midair. CONCESSIONS TO STRIKERS. London, Juno G. A number of employers in the Black Country are conceding the men's demand for 235. a week as n minimum wage. BRITISH DIVORCE REFORM. London, June 6. In the Houso of Commons, tho Priiuo Minister (Mr. Asquith), in reply to a question, said that it was not intended to introduce divorce reform during 1913, 1 SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS. Cape Town, Juno G. JThe Railway Bill, providing for tho oonstl'uction of 7!U miles of railway, at a cost of £3,117,225, has been wad a third time. FRANKLIN'S "LIBERTY AND NECESSITY." London, June 0. A copy of Benjamin Franklin's "Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity," purchased in 1850 for 2s. lid., realised .£IOOS at Sotheby's. FIIiE AT 11 UDIE'S LIBRARY. London, Juno G. A iire has occurred ut Mudio's famous circulating library in New Oxford Street. Thirty thousand books were destroyed, and 'several firemen narrowly eecapcd {.erlous injury by tho collapse of a staircase,