GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1820, 5 August 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Frees Association—Oopjxitrlil

KEIR HARDIE 'AND THE MINERS. (Rco. August 5. 0.45 a.m.) ~ . London, August 4. Mr. Keir Hardie (Socialist), speaking at Dowlais, in Wales, declared that after continued effort to get an eight hours' day, miners must strike for a six hours' day.

COMPULSORY TRAINING OF CADETS. (Sydney "Sun" Special—Aug. 4, G. 40 p.m.) London, August 4. Field-Marshal Lord Methuen, speaking at Chester, said that he believed that there would be no opposition in England to tho compulsory training of cadets.

MOUNT LYELL HERO DEAD, (Rec. August 4, 8.10 p.m.) Hobart, August 4. Robert Cox, one of the heroes of tho North Mount Lyell disaster, and the recipient of tho Humane Society's silver medal for his services in tho cause of human life, is dead. [At the time of the disaster ho supervised tho dispatch of several cages of men to the surface before he_ himself wont up—tho last man to enter—in a cßndition of collapse. He had never properly reoovered from his experience.!

MEDICAL FITNESS FOR MARRIAGE. (Sydney "Sun" Special—Aug. 4, G. 40 p.m.)

. . Now York, August 4. A jaw is being enforced Tn Pennsylvania requiring couples to present medical certificates before being allowed to marry, WOMEN IN SURGERY. (Sydney "Sun'i Special—Aug. 4, G. 40 p.m.) London, August 4, Seven women were recently admitted to tho. Royal College of Surgeons. It Is 6tated that the number of women, doctors has doubled during tho last ten years, but the supply is yet considerably short of the demand.

THE EXCUSE UP-TO-DATE. (Sydney "Sun" Special—Aug. 4, 6.40 p.m.) London, August 4. A thief who had snatched a handbag at Hampstead and was then arrested stated that he was doing tho act for the purposes of a cinema pictu.ro which was being taken. He was released, and quickly made his escape.

POVERTY, MURDER, AND SUICIDE.

London, August 3. 'As the outcome of poverty, a brother of Mr. Tom Gallon, the novelist and playwright, shot his wife and child dead and then committed suicide, near Great Missendeoi, Buckinghamshire.

[Sydney "Sun" Special—Aug: 4, G. 40 p.m.)

London, August 3. 'At the inquest on the victims of the Ballon tragedy, Mr. Tom Gallon stated that he had not seen his brother for ten years. Tho latter was always in monetary difficulties. A verdict of murder and suicide was returned.

GOLD COIN SCARCE. Paris, August 3. Owing to the scarcity of gold coin, the Bank of Franco is converting its gold leserves into twenty-franc pieces. TROUBLESOME BLACKS. Perth, August 1. Aborigines in the Far North-West are showing a tendency to bo more than usually troublesome. A man named Pilchoski, camping at tho eight-inilo well, was murdered whilo asleep by blacks, and his packs Tansacked.

DOUBLE VOTING AT FEDERAL ELECTION. Melbourne, August 4. The checking of the Fremantlo rolls shows that there were only 15G apparent duplications of voting at tho Federal elections. HEAD OF ORMOND COLLEGE. Melbourne, August 4. Dr. MacFaTland has resigned the mastership of Ormond College, which he has held since its foundation in 1881.

[Dr. MacFarland, Jf.A., was master of the Repton Grammar School until Qiis appointment to Ormond College, and has been a member of tho Melbourne University Senate since 1886-1

LATE SHIPPING. (Rec. August 5, 0.45 a.m.) Newcastle, August 4. Sailed.—Titania, for Wellington.