GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1787, 27 June 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Pr«s Association—Copyright j SECOND-HAND DEALER'S ESTATE. (Rec. June 26, 11.20 p.m.) Melbourne, June 26. A telegram from Warragul, Gippsland, states that there has apparently been, bj remarkable) inflation in the estate of tho late Mr. Win. Jones, whose nephew was reported to havo inherited a quarter of a million. Jones lived at Warragul for many years 03 a second-hand dealer and money-lender, and died in April. Tho ourator of his intestate estate - obtained a rule to administer tho estate at a littlo over JC2OOO, TERRA' NOVA SOLD. London, June 26. The Scott Antarctic Expedition ship Terra Nova has been sold, and will engago in the Newfoundland sealing trade in. future. EMPIRE CLUB. London, June 26. Princess Alexandra of Teck has opened the League of Empire Club at Buckingham Gate, now the residential headquarters of those interested in Imperial w(jik. Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth, who has been prominently with Imperial movements, is tho principal donor of the olub's premises. ARMED MERCHANTMEN. London, June 25. The Federal Steam Navigation Company's 6teamer Wiltshire is being equipped by the Admiralty with two 4.7-inch guns. CRICKET BLUE FOR AN AUSTRALIAN. London, June 25. Mr. Fairbaivn, of Melbourne, has been awarded his cricket Blue for Cambridge. GERMAN SPY SENTENCED. London, June 25. Wilholm Klare, the German who was arrested in March last on a charge of attempting by bribery to a naval code, was sentenced, at tho Winchester Assizes, to five years' penal servitude. THE ECCENTRIC MR, CHIDLEY. Sydney, June 26. W. J. Chidley, tho advocate .of the "simple life," and author of the book "The Answer," has been again in trouble, being fined for causing an'obstruction by addressing a crowd in Ilydo Park. FREE SUGAR, Washington, Juno 25. Democrats in the Senate have accepted free sugar, which is now certain of inclusion in the Tariff Bill.