GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1791, 2 July 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrieht i ~ " . MILITARY DIRIGIBLE PLIGHT. 1 (Reo. July 2, 0.45 a.m.) London, July. 1. The Parseval airship in tlie course of a flight circled the War Office ami tlio Admiralty, and then returned to Aldershot. The trip was a great success. CHAMPIONSHIP OP ENGLAND. London, June 30. In the match for the boxing championship of England and Lonsdale Belt, Bombardier Wells defeated Malioney in tlio thirteenth round. ART IN POSTAGE STAMPS. (Reo. July 2, 1.20 a.m.) ' • London, July 1. The first of Mr. Bertram Mackennal's design for the 2s. 6d. and ss. postal stamps have been printed, and have been greatly admired. The design represents Britannia, gliding three sea-horses. The King's Head is shown on the top left-hand J corner. FIRD IN' CONSTANTINOPLE. Constantinople, July 1, Forty houses have been burned down by fire. The Sublime Porte narrowly escaped destruction. WELSH CHURCH BILL. (Rec. July 2, 0.45 a.m.) London, July l. Tho financial resolution of tlio Welsh Church Bill has been carried by 203 votes to 193. SUICIDE AT SEA. Sydney, July 1. An inquest las been hold on tho body of tho man Herbert Henshaw (a passenger from Auckland on tho last trip' of the. steamer Victoria), who was .found an' his cabin with his throat out. A verdict of suicide was returned. Tho evidence showed that he had been suffering from the after-effects of liquor and sea sickness. SYDNEY'S STORM ABATED. Sydney, July 1. The storm has now abated and tho lain has ceased. There have been six fine days ouly ill tho past four, months, during which over; il inches of f&in have been recorded. PAINTERS ON ISTRIKE. ' Adelaide, July 1. The members of tho Painters' Union, have struck work, demanding an increase of sixpence per day. On many of tho jobs work is at a standstill. BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PARTY. Melbourne, July 1. Advices indicate that the British Parliamentary paify to tour the Dominions will reach Wellington, via Vancouver, on. August 29. LONDON HOTEL BURGLARY. London, Juno 30. A man named Stephen-Sharman has been arrested for complicity in the Berkeley Hotel robbery, for which three menJames, Fall, and James Shaman—were yesterday committed for trial. LABOURERS' MINIMUM WAGE. London, June ;30. Ten thousand labourers in the engineering trade at Sheffield have received an advance in wages, making tho minimum 235. weekly. SUDDEN DEATH ON GOLF LINKS." Sydney, June 30. Mr. Lewis Whitefleld, a prominent barrister, dropped dead while golfing. RAILWAY DISASTER IN INDIA. Calcutta, Juno 29. A train was precipitated into a river in the Bardwan district. Many persons porished. The train with a hundred pas-, sengers, mostly in .tho foremost carriages, fell into a roaring torrent, tho flood kiring destroyed a bridge. Seven coaches were embedded in the mud, the remainder of tho carriages hanging in mui-nir,