GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.
By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyright LUNATICS WIN A NEWSPAPER COMPETITION. (Sydney "Sun" Special—Aug. 5, 0.45 p.m.) ■ London, August 5. Three inmates of the Sussex Lunatio Asylum havo gained .1 .£IOO prize in u London newspaper competition.
GRAIN ELEVATORS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. (Reo. August 5, 8.50 p.m.) Sydney, August 5. Cabinet has decided to adopt a scheme for the erection of stain elevators in the main exporting centres, and also to provide for the storage of wheat at railway depots.
FASHION'S TOLL ON WILD BIRDS. (Rcc. August 5, 11.10 p.m.) London, August 5. Mr. C. E. Hobliouse, Liberal M.P. lor Bristol Bast, has introduced ■ a Bill to prohibit the importation of tho plumago and skins of wild bi'-ds.
SIR GEORGE REID. (Rec. AugW>t's, 8.50 p.m.) London, August 5. Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Austraha) leaves London in September on a visit to Australia.
SPURIOUS FLORINS ABOUT. (R«c. August 5, 8.50 p.m.) Melbourne, August 5. A gang of ingenious ooiners are operating spurious florins. which, except for their lightness, require tho minutest examination of exports in order to detect the counterfeit.
LATJif SIR WILLIAM LYNE. Sydney, August 5. Lady Lyne has declined a State fun eral for her late husband.
MINERS' WAGES RAISED. (Sydney "Sun" Special.) London, August 4. The Durham Ooncilialon Beard lias rased tho miners' wages by three and a quarter per centum.
A MOTOR-BUS LIFEGUARD. (Sydney "Sun" Special.) London, August 4. The inventor of a lifeguard for motorIniiscs, consisting ,of a stosl wire, who submitted tho apparatus to trials, was knocked down three times by vehicles proceeding at a fast )>ace, but escaped \with slight abrasions. Ho claims that tho trial was successful. STATE COAL MINES BILL. London, August 4. Mr. Stephen Walsh, Labour M.P., has introduced a Bill to nationalise coal mines and other minerals, and the distribution ami sals f of coal. Tho purchase price of the mines is estimated at 135 millions.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1821, 6 August 1913, Page 7
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318GENERAL CABLEGRAMS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1821, 6 August 1913, Page 7
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