GENERAL CABLEGRAMS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1776, 14 June 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

'AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. (Reo. Juno U, 0.15 a.m.) , Ottawa, Juno 19. Tho Australian crickotcre beat Toronto by 242 runs, LORD ROBERTS DECLINES. London, June 13. Lord Roberts has declined tio complimentary banquot by tho Eighty Club. A NOVELIST'S LAWSUIT. London. Juno 12. Mr. Pett Ridge, tho novelist, has recovered .£l5O damages for libol from tho "English Illustrated Magazine" for publishing an inferior 6tory by Gubbinij, a grocers assistant, who used Mr, Pett Ridge's name. MR. ROOSEVELT'S PLANS. Now York, June 12. Mr. Roosevelt is planning a lecture tour of tho Argentine. SYDNEY'S ROUGE WEATHER, Sydney, Juno 13. Tho weather has cased, but the sea is still rough. Shipping lias had a bad time. Many vessels are sheltering. INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS. Sydney, Juno 13. Official statistics disclose tho fact that last year tho number of factories iu New South Wales increased from 50.39 to 5159. Tho wages paid amounted to between eleven'and twelvo million pounds,'nil in- 1 crease of one and a half millions. Tin incrcaso in tho number of omp'oycM wa» CSB3. SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE LANDS. Capo Town, Juno 12. In the Union Assembly, the third vend* ing of tho Nativo Lands Bill wi\s carried. , UNIVERSAL PENNY POSTAGE. Sydney, Juho 13. Sir Hcnnilter Eeaton, in an interview, said ho was sta universal penny postago would bo achieved beforo very long, 110 Was hopeful,of seeing penny-a-word cablea in his day. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. Vancouver, iJuno 12. A British Columbia Agricultural Commission is arranging to visit Australia and England in connection with the development of tlw agriculture of tho province.