GENERAL CABLEGRAMS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1812, 26 July 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

CUP FOR PEAROE. (Rec. July 25, 11.20 p.m.) London, July 25. Pearco's friends have presented' him with a cup. THE PAGE MILLIONS. (Rfic. July 20, 0.20 a.m.) Sydney, July 25. A private cablegram received here states that tho 13iH asking for tho appointment of u. commission to investigate the title of the Page millions, which was withdrawn after its first reading in tho House of Lords, will be reintroduced in tho House of Commons.

FRENCH BARQUE ASHORE. Valparaiso, July 24. The French barque Villo do Dijon is ashore at Papudo, 37 miles north-north-east of Valparaiso. It is feared that she. ■will become, a total loss. It is believed that nineteen of the crew wero drowned. (Rec. July 25, 11.20 p.m.). Valparaiso, July 25. The Villa de Dijou is a total wreck. ARMY OF FROGS IN CITY STREETS. Oregon, July 24. Thousands o£ frogs invaded the .city, hopping solemnly through the streets on route from ono lake to another three miles distant. The frogs have made a similar migration for several years past, , anglers capturing them in thousands. It was a unique spectacle. FRENCH MILITARY AVIATORS. Paris, July 24. French officers' aviation pilot certificates declined in number during the .year from eighty to thirty-two. RAIN IN SYDNEY. Sydney, July 25. Five inches of rain fell in Sydney during the past couple of days. Exceptionally heavy rains are falling in the coastal highland district. MADAME NORDICA. Sydney, July 25. Madamo Nordica had (i splendid reception from a crowded house at her first concert in the Sydney Town Hall.

Are you doing the right thing? SANDERS' EUCALYPTI will remove that sinking feeling. No experimenting. SANDERS' is free from the nauseating and depressing effect of the common eucalyptus. It cures safely.— Advt. A deputation representing the recentlyformed Automobile Association, waited on tho Prime Minister (the lion. W. F. Massey) yosterday. It was represented that the association would be willing to agree to a reasonable tax on motor-cars, not to exceed, say, £2 annually. The tax would, of course, vary with tho size- of tho car, and tho deputation suggested that the assessment should bo made on tho weight of tho car, in preference to horse-powor, which was sometimes not easy to discover. They asked for lights on vehicles to bo made compulsory in nil districts, and they asked also that if any legislation dealing with, motor traffic wero introduced tho association should bo given an opportunity to be heard concerning it. The Primo Minister eaid that most of the matters raised by tho deputation had been before Cabinot, but the Cabinet had not come to a decision concerning them. A public lecture on "Man: Tho Templo of God; and the Building of the Temple," will be given in tho Theosophical Society's Hall, Uallanoo Street, at 7 o'clock to-morrow evening by Mr. J, R. Thomson, of Auckland. Another lecture on "Three Ways to God; 11, The Way of Wisdom," 'will l>e grven on Wednesday evening at S o'clock. Messrs. Cole's Drapery Company, Manners Street, announce great reductions today in all ladies' and children's wearing apparel. Messrs. W. H. Lambert and Co., 20 2uba Street, Palmerstou North, notify that they have a client who is desirous of purchasing a farm or eheep station in any good district. Tho traffic superintendent of the Wellington Tramways has an announcement in this issue of interest to Miramar residents who travel by tho early morning cars.

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