GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1822, 7 August 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS.

By Toleifraph—Press Association—Copyright CADDER MINE DISASTER. (Rec. August 6, . 10.10 p.m.) . London, August G. The fire in the Gadder mine, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, is now under oontrol, STRATEGICAL RAILWAYS; (Sydney "Sun" Special.) St. Petersburg, August 6. A French military mission has arrived hero to discus stho adaptation of tho Russian railways to strategical purposes. The delegates were received by tho Tsar. !A DISHONEST DOMESTIC. ' (Sydney "Sun" Special.) London, August G. A domestic servant employed in a doctor's houso has been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for wholesale thieving. She possessed no fewer than 159 pawn tickets. i RACING COLOURS AND POSTAGE STAMPS. ' Melbourne, August G. Tho Federal Postmaster-General (Mr. Agar Wynee), who has been accused of using his racing flours on the new postage stamps, has pointed out that the Berno Postal Conference settles tho designs of stamps, and that therefore he (Mr. Wynee) had no control over the matter. LATE SIR WM. LYNE. Sydney, August G. Thero will be a largo representative gathering, including State Ministers, at Sir William Lyie's funeral. Tho Legislative Assembly, • after appreciative references, adopted a resolution of sympathy witli Lady Lyne.