GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1807, 21 July 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Prees Association—Copyright 9 - COMMERCIAL MOTOR SHOW. (Sydney "Sun" Special—July 20, 6.30 p.m.) London, July 19. Prince Arthur of .Connauglit, . when opening the Exhibition of commercial motors at the Olympia, said that 'tho display had been arranged for tho fmrnose of appealing to visitors from countries where demonstrations of the daily use of motors were less familiar. Mr. Edge, in replying, said that Great Britain absolutely headed the world as regards commercial motors. STEVENSON'S "NURSE CUMMY." (Sydney "Sun" Special—July 20, 6.30 p.m.) London, July 19. Alison Cunningham, tho original of Stevenson's "Tfurse Cummy," immortalised. in the "Child's Garden of Verses," died at Edinburgh, aged ninety-two. SHOW JUMPERS AT OLYMPIA. (Sydney "Sun" Special—July 20, 5.30 p.m.) London, Jjtily 19. As the Tesult of the poor disnlay of jumping by the British officers' at the recent horse show at Olympia, tho AVar Office announces that in future competitors must hare their horses inspected before receiving a certificate of .their standard of excellence. STEAMER ASHORE AT CELEBES. (Rec. July 20, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 19. The steamer Mnrex, from Sydney, is ashore and in a critical position at the island of Celebes, in tho East Indie 3. Her hull is damaged. Sixty per centum is quoted for reinsurance. CARNEGIE LIBRARIES AND CHURCH ORGANS. (Rec. July 20, 5.5 p.m.) \ London, July 19. The administration of a trust income on ,£2,000,000 has been transferred from the Carnegie Corporation at New York, to trustees at Dumfermline, primarily for the benefit of libraries andthe supply of church.organs in the United Kingdom. Mr. Carnegie explains that the transfer from tho 'Wifeland" to the "Motherland" is no reflection on the New York administration, but is owing to his being now less in touch" with New York.' EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY PARTY. Melbourne, July 19. The visiting British Parliamentarians, numbering twenty, will- be the guests of the Australian Branch of the Empire Par-' liamentary Association. The itinerary as published does not provide for a visit to New Zealand. The party will arrive in Sydney on September 2 and depart for .South Africa on Soptember 25. . SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ATTACKED. ; , New York, July 18. At Seattle, a crowd made an attack on three soldiers and two sailors. A woman speaker incited the crowd, abusing the army and navy. Tho arrival of the police prevented serious injury to the men. (Rec. July 20, 5.5 p.m. sailors and the militia attacked the International Workers' headquarters, burning the contents in an effort to clean up the city. No arrests have been made. FIRE IN A BOOT FACTORY, f mwi , t , Melbourne, July 19. l . , s factory at Fitzroy sus- ■ several thousand pounds damosro - rXc " wns . insured in the Royal Office. r r OBITUARY: LORD ARTHUR CECIL i (Sydney "Sun"' Special.) - ' , ~ . London, July 18. 3 lho death is announced of Lord Arthur Cecil. ' TLord Arthur Cecil, fifth son of tho sec--1 ond Marquis of Salisbury and his second wife (Mary Catherine, second daughter of tho fifth Earl do la Warr), was born in 1851. Ho was a director of the General Assurance Company.] THROUGH A WOMAN'S JEALOUSY. Brisbane, July 19. 5 The steamer Kumano Maru brings r news of a fire which started in a fisher- _ man's liut in the Prefecture of Jauan! and spreading, destroyed seventy-five" b'nildr ings. A woman was arrested and con--1 fessed that she liad set fire to tho -hut through jealousy. } PANIC IN PICTURE THEATRE. 1 i m N T W York ' July 18 - r At Newark, New Jersey, 100 persons . were injured, mostly children, through a panic at a picturo theatro while a ilash--0 light was being used to photograph the . crowd. [ DIED AFTER A TOAST SPEECH. r Sydney, Julv 19. t Mr. Walter Brown, general manager of Lossottcr's Emporium, expired suddenly at Lassetter's annual ball, shortly after resuming hid scat after propositi tho toast of The Firm."